tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210575587086373532.post2099388933721402284..comments2023-09-25T20:29:01.544+07:00Comments on LT Nixon Rants: TSA addresses my gripe!Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419569519734310093noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210575587086373532.post-51045872558705313562008-05-01T17:35:00.000+07:002008-05-01T17:35:00.000+07:00Not sure if you get updates when people comment or...Not sure if you get updates when people comment or not, but just to let you know, when I got off my R&R flight, they didn't make me take off my boots or belt. That was nice. So it's getting a little better. I did have to throw out a half empty tube of toothpaste cause the total size was over three ounces on the way back. That did piss me off. If something is 6 oz, and it's half full, it now has 3 or less oz. <BR/><BR/>I agree with what annon said about as soon as we let one group have a pass, however, like you said, this is a higly screened flight where we were on lockdown 12 hours before the flight.olgreydog7https://www.blogger.com/profile/02014200609560174083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210575587086373532.post-43199700386679262532008-03-02T14:33:00.000+07:002008-03-02T14:33:00.000+07:00LT,I am a civilian contractor, and sorry, but I no...LT,<BR/>I am a civilian contractor, and sorry, but I normally don't place a whole lot of weight with Lieutenants. You, an the other hand, I expect to progress quickly.<BR/><BR/>Please inform your readers that a military ID (CAC card) uses non-duplicatable(is that a word?) information to authenticate identity and that identity is stores on a gov't server (You know, the people the TSA belong to).<BR/><BR/>A CAC card is a long way from photoshop and a photo printer.<BR/><BR/>LT, thanks for what you did in the ME, and for what your are doing now. I am trying to do my part as wellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210575587086373532.post-33934109785853231022008-02-29T01:27:00.000+07:002008-02-29T01:27:00.000+07:00Somehow, I missed this post!Made me think of sitti...Somehow, I missed this post!<BR/>Made me think of sitting in the 'Screening Room' in colorado Springs - me (5' tall old lady with her Support the Troops Sweatshirt on) and three uniformed soldiers flying out of Fort Carson. We were not very diverse - diversity was walking by us while our bags were being emptied.Flag Gazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659942646638490171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210575587086373532.post-78068564034493081172008-02-16T02:09:00.000+07:002008-02-16T02:09:00.000+07:00Anonymous, There is only one kind of military ID....Anonymous,<BR/><BR/> There is only one kind of military ID. The reason I brought this up (without walking into an OPSEC violation) is because in Iraq, there is rigorous security as you can imagine. Let's just say military personnel and Iraqi males aged 18-35 get treated differently. It's very easy to tell if someone is really in the military or not. Look for the bad haircut. Joining the military for the soul purpose of an extremist attack would leave a would-be terrorist with much better targets. Fortunately, the military has screening processes/ background checks and everyone has some sort of a security clearance.Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419569519734310093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210575587086373532.post-17846091129722843752008-02-16T02:03:00.000+07:002008-02-16T02:03:00.000+07:00I have to say I struggle with the majority opinion...I have to say I struggle with the majority opinion in this situation - of course the vast majority of our military personnel, grandmothers, and Girl Scouts are absolutely safe! In fact, they probably all are. But once we pick any population and stop screeing them, we have opened a door and someone who wants to use this door for any reason now can. If we didn't screeen our millitary, how long would it take for someone who wanted to take down a plane to either 1. impersonate someone in the millitary (not that hard to do with an easily available unfiorm and a fake ID - can 40,000 TSO's be trained to know every type of millitary ID and spot fakes?) or 2. Recruit someone to join the actual miliary for the purposes of getting through security. We don't screen these people because we actually think guys from our own millitary or our grandmothers pose threats. We screen them so that no one can use one of these groups to circumvent the system. If you can find a way around this, I'd love to hear about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210575587086373532.post-80492487285440373222008-02-08T22:33:00.000+07:002008-02-08T22:33:00.000+07:00SGT,Is she like the old lady in "The Running Man" ...SGT,<BR/><BR/>Is she like the old lady in "The Running Man" who called Arnold "One Badass Motherfucker", that lady was pretty cool.Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419569519734310093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210575587086373532.post-33002310013572229022008-02-08T17:50:00.000+07:002008-02-08T17:50:00.000+07:00I don't know, LT Nixon. Some of those girl scouts ...I don't know, LT Nixon. Some of those girl scouts are pretty fierce.<BR/><BR/>Also, my grandmother made it through two world wars, and beat up a burglar in her nineties with her cane. I'd bet on her over a male aged 18-35 from the Middle East every time.Army Sergeanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11353058340579444160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210575587086373532.post-15581938028385735322008-02-08T04:33:00.000+07:002008-02-08T04:33:00.000+07:00Navy (interwar) vet, That's one guy, not exactly ...Navy (interwar) vet,<BR/><BR/> That's one guy, not exactly a good indicator of trends in the statistics business. Not sure why me, the Grannie from Florida, and the girl scout are getting the same "suspicion" as males aged 18-35 from the middle east. It's nothing against our friends in the Middle East, but let's be honest here and apply some common sense, most terrorists interested in blowing up planes are probably male, aged 18-35, and Muslim. I wasn't interested in blowing up the plane, I just wanted to find the nearest place to smoke in the terminal. Not sure why there is "Equal Opportunity" suspicion unless it's a big scheme to make things run horribly inefficiently.Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419569519734310093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210575587086373532.post-16078779463278555732008-02-08T04:20:00.001+07:002008-02-08T04:20:00.001+07:00Don't take this the wrong way, but being in unifor...Don't take this the wrong way, but being in uniform with a mil ID, even returning from a combat zone, doesn't put you above suspicion.<BR/><BR/>Does the name Sgt. Hasan Akbar mean anything to you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210575587086373532.post-41994880387971449862008-02-08T04:20:00.000+07:002008-02-08T04:20:00.000+07:00His reply was BS. I get "extra attention" in civi...His reply was BS. I get "extra attention" in civilian clothes if I use my military Id, but I get left alone when I use a driver's license.<BR/><BR/>EVERY TIME I use my military ID.<BR/><BR/>The screeners check us because they know that military members won't be a problem.Cargosquidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15109858929179841075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210575587086373532.post-23293089074437164812008-02-06T00:16:00.000+07:002008-02-06T00:16:00.000+07:00"illogical gesture"?!You expect logic? You know b..."illogical gesture"?!<BR/><BR/>You expect logic? You know better. I know you do. Keep up the GREAT work - on all fronts. Even us foreigners support you..:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210575587086373532.post-79722057288652541462008-02-05T13:16:00.000+07:002008-02-05T13:16:00.000+07:00It's an illogical gesture...It's an illogical gesture...Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419569519734310093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210575587086373532.post-13214892397958816592008-02-05T12:28:00.000+07:002008-02-05T12:28:00.000+07:00Gotta love a politically correct government employ...Gotta love a politically correct government employee who writes, "We see you go off to a war no one wanted ..." in their response?<BR/><BR/>I have seen our military personnel have to take off boots, belts, etc. What an disgrace that is. The very people who protect us in the most dangerous of situations are basically ordered by TSA. Only in America!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com