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Camo uniforms on airport security

RobinRobin Member Posts: 1,228 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited May 2002 in General Discussion
I recently completed several business trips that afforded me too much "lay over" time in several airports. I'm still scratcing my head wondering why our fine soldiers, currently securing our airports, are wearing uniforms that are more suitable for jungle warfare? Wouldn't they stick out out sore thumbs if some crazed Muslim fanatic (or Jewish fanatic, or whatever fanatic)started a fire fight. Somehow a soldier wearing jungle camo laying on airport carpet just wouldn't blend in. Over the years, we have developed camo for snow, desert and jungle now we need specialized uniforms made out of "airport camo", complete with candy bar stains, vomit stains, a few rips or cuts to match the seating and waded up bits of trash. Specialized smell camo could be added for the unfortunate souls in "tile camo" stationed near the overworked bathrooms.

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  • niklasalniklasal Member Posts: 776 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think they wear camo not to blend in, but TO stick out.

    Wearing uniforms means the terroist would have a military target and not a civilian one.

    Also, obvious uniforms establishes an obvious military prescence.

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    Edited by - niklasal on 05/02/2002 00:44:29
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  • ADfreeADfree Member Posts: 188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Robin, it is all for show. They are there to "comfort" us.
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  • reb8600reb8600 Member Posts: 1,110 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If they stick out in a crowd you are a lot less likely to have anything happen.

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  • AlpineAlpine Member Posts: 15,092 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think (maybe) he was talking "tongue in cheek". Any way that is how I took it. Airport camo?
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  • imadorkimadork Member Posts: 147 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You didn't mention the "invisible" personnel; at LAX, for example, they have plainclothes LAPD units walking around in ordinary clothes, but it would be a little hard for the national guard to conceal their rifles. They also have unarmed private security on foot patrol dressed up to look like ambiguously gay troopers complete with berets, yellow sashes, and navy blue BDU's. At least the guard and PD units can shoot back...
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