Smooth move, guys
Kateser sends us a link to an article in Seattle’s KING5 about some Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldiers who thought it’d be cool to have a LAW anti-tank weapon to pass around, well, until the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives found out about it;
The soldiers’ secret reportedly became revealed when one of the troops was deployed to Afghanistan last year. His girlfriend called police when she found the rocket launcher in their closet.
Investigators said they don’t believe the soldiers planned to use the rocket to harm anyone. However, they do expect charges to be filed in U.S. District Court for possession of a military-grade weapon.
I guess it’s probably be a good idea to let your girlfriend know that there’s a high explosive armor penetrator propelled by a rocket in her closet before you deploy. I wonder how that relationship is holding up at this point.
I added the video only because there’s a really cute Asian babe in the report. What’s most important is how some officer lost accountability of the rocket launcher. Privates are not your friends.
Category: Shitbags
Everybody, altogether now:
“There’s stupid, and then there’s ‘Army Stupid’.”
If they wheeled a howitzer off base they could have hid it in the local Veteran’s Park. 😐 Fuckin morons.
We still have those???
Double face palm.
The whole chain of command from the fire team leader up through the Captain is in the hopper over this one.
New and improved, Cakmakli.
Geeze…..Dang, back in the late seventies we used to have ‘health & welfare inspections in the barracks, not for drugs, but for grenade & artillery simulators, even smoke grenades & parachute flares…but dang a M72 LAW!!!!
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/m72.htm
Note to self…Never leave LAW in closet…d’oh!!!!
Maybe I’m a little different, but loving and dealing with men who enjoy things that go bang…well, if I found a rocket launcher in the closet, the LAST people I would call would be the police. I would have started with my boyfriend, and worked my way up from there…but that’s just me.
Wow what were they thinking. The sad part is that they girlfriend called the police…
@ PintoNag, AGREED. Unless you want to see him OUT of the Army!!
Wow…talk about hammering your dick flat with a sledge hammer…
I think that is probably EX-girlfriend. If not, pretty sure it is now.
I can tell you that if my gf found a rocket launcher in the closet, she would def NOT call the po-po.
My WIFE, on the other hand…
A while back, I believe they had an amnesty day at FT. Jackson, where people could turn in demo and ammunition with no questions asked…. could not find a link to when they had it…but here is one for FT Polk.
http://www.kplctv.com/story/17082013/fort-polk-offers-ammunition-amnesty-day
Guess she should of waited for amnesty day at JBLM
Isn’t this the same base that has had at least one if not more lockdowns for missing weapons?
“I added the video only because there’s a really cute Asian babe in the report.”
Good enough for me….
He needed it to protect against home invasion. Good to know that I can pick up some slightly used military surplus at JBLM if I need it.
Old Tanker: Sledgehammer? Hell, IMO this is more like steamroller or pile-driver territory.
Which is about what is going to happen to this idiot, and maybe a good chunk of his chain-of-command as well. The BATFE has very little sense of humor when it comes to automatic weapons and/or military grade explosives being in someone’s possession without proper paperwork.
I’d really hate to be the guy/gal who signed off on accountability for the lot this item came from the last time it was inventoried – and whoever reported any items from that lot as having been expended. My guess is they’ll be getting interrogated and/or giving depositions/sworn statements for a while.
Hondo some SGM was too concerned with tattoo policy and/or pt belt wear.
I don’t think this is a new problem, I just think that the issue is that it is being reported with more frequency. I also think that if my wife would have found a LAW in my closet, she would have found a discrete location to shoot it off and have fun by herself…and left the spent tube there with a note attached saying dumbass you get to have no fun!
Reportedly she asked ‘is that a light anti-tank weapon in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?’
Wow.
Just wow.
It seems JBLM is in the news alot these days. What the hell is going on up there? Time to clean house from the CG on down?
With most of the personnel in interviews with assorted investigative agencies, is there anyone left to man the gate??
Privates are not your friends.
Reminds me of a line from Starship Troopers…
“Recruits are like puppies; they stick their noses into things.”
Note to self, time to do some “shopping” at JBLM. Sheesh, are there any sentient beings up there?
Pre Deployment Checklist
1. Tell girl friend about the LAW in the closet.
Guess he forgot to get that one initialed off.
The girlfriend may have found only the spent tube. The girlfriend and police would likely not know the difference.
BCousins: spent LAW tubes are openly available for sale on the Imternet. I rather doubt that the BATFE would get too worked up about this if it were just a spent tube.
So many laugh out loud comments, it’s hard to pick the one funniest to me. #1 set the pace, #14 is tied for 1st with many honorable contenders for 2nd. Anyone here remember what would turn up in 3/5 (1980s Ft. Kobbe)health and welfare inspections? They would have the MPs, EOD, Veterinarians, a couple medics, and the Chaplain waiting in the assembly area….