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Ponce
25th March 2011, 09:40 AM
Now the IDF and the mercs can mixed themselves with our troops.
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US troops ordered not to wear uniforms.

Published: 24 Mar 11 16:17 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/national/20110324-33951.html

Share69 US troops in Germany have been banned from wearing their military uniforms in public in the wake of the Frankfurt Airport shooting that left two American airmen dead and two seriously injured.

US military newspaper Stars and Stripes reported on Thursday that troops in Europe had been ordered “to the maximum extent possible” to refrain from wearing their uniforms off-base, even during daily commutes, in a bid to make them less conspicuous to would-be attackers.

“The directive specifically forbids the wear of uniforms for travel between duty and domicile, short convenience stops, conduct of physical fitness, travel between installations, and off-post messing,” the US European Command (EUCOM) has told personnel, according to the paper.

The announcement comes three weeks after two US airmen were killed and two other men seriously wounded in a shooting attack on an American military bus at Frankfurt airport. A 21-year-old Muslim man of Kosovar background, Arid Uka, was arrested for the attack.

It also comes as the US takes part in air attacks on Libyan targets in an effort to stop dictator Muammar Qaddafi bombing rebels and civilians. That operation is being run by US Africa Command headquarters in Stuttgart.

The order reflects the concern that military commanders hold about potential terrorist attacks on troops, many of whom wear their uniforms while grabbing lunch at local restaurants and running errands.

“You are not supposed to wear your uniform even if you are in your own car,” EUCOM spokesman Captain Ed Buclatin told the paper.

However, some questions have been raised as the effectiveness of the order, given military personnel are easy to spot whether or not they are in uniform.

“I don’t think it makes a lot of difference when I am driving my Xterra (SUV) through town,” Lt. Cmdr. Geoff Maasberg told Stars and Stripes.

“People know who all the Americans are from our haircuts and that kind of stuff, but I don’t think there is a better way to do it. I think the higher-ups are doing what they need to do, and what they think is right to help us not get shot by some crazy guy with a gun.”

Gunnery Sgt. Dennis Dougherty told the paper that having to change clothes back and forth “may be extreme,” but the directive nevertheless made sense.

“I have always thought, ‘What is stopping somebody from attacking (US service personnel) or pulling over a little bit and running them over?’ ”

http://www.thelocal.de/national/20110324-33951.html

gunDriller
25th March 2011, 12:16 PM
DUH !

most of the world knows that American troops who follow the orders of the government are terrorists, side-stepping the fact that many of those troops think they're serving they're country and actually have good hearts and morals.

it reminds me of that scene at the beginning of Die Hard 4 when the "bad guy" asks Bruce Willis to stand on a street corner in Harlem wearing a sign that says, "I Hate N*ggers".

American troops are similarly marked. If I was an American troop, and not married, I would probably only wear my uniform off-base when I went to bars, in the US ... good way to meet babes.

mightymanx
25th March 2011, 07:01 PM
That has been a recomendation since 1992 it's about time they made it policy!

I have to watch the stupid "hard target video" every year the jist of it is dount dress liek an American in a forign country.

Like some one above said Duhh!