Posted on Jun 12, 2015
"Drunk Marine releases fire suppression system in Kadena hangar"
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Originally published on stripes.com:
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CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Air Force officials are investigating how a drunk Marine was able to enter an aircraft hangar at Kadena Air Base and activate the fire-suppression system, releasing flame retardant foam in the vicinity of at least one aircraft.
The incident occurred at 1:45 a.m. May 23, according to officials from 18th Wing public affairs. The Marine was arrested.
Marine Corps officials said they would not release the Marine’s name, where he is or was being held, or details on any potential court-martial proceedings due to “policy and privacy reasons.”
Air Force officials said they could not comment on damage due to the ongoing investigation. No further details were available.
“The details of the incident are currently under investigation,” 2nd Lt. Erik Anthony wrote in an email to Stars and Stripes. “Kadena’s capabilities and readiness have not suffered.”
http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/drunk-marine-releases-fire-suppression-system-in-kadena-hangar-1.351940
(Note: The picture is of another incident at King Hangar at Eglin AFB)
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CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Air Force officials are investigating how a drunk Marine was able to enter an aircraft hangar at Kadena Air Base and activate the fire-suppression system, releasing flame retardant foam in the vicinity of at least one aircraft.
The incident occurred at 1:45 a.m. May 23, according to officials from 18th Wing public affairs. The Marine was arrested.
Marine Corps officials said they would not release the Marine’s name, where he is or was being held, or details on any potential court-martial proceedings due to “policy and privacy reasons.”
Air Force officials said they could not comment on damage due to the ongoing investigation. No further details were available.
“The details of the incident are currently under investigation,” 2nd Lt. Erik Anthony wrote in an email to Stars and Stripes. “Kadena’s capabilities and readiness have not suffered.”
http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/drunk-marine-releases-fire-suppression-system-in-kadena-hangar-1.351940
(Note: The picture is of another incident at King Hangar at Eglin AFB)
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Responses: 41
SFC William Swartz Jr
SMSgt Minister Gerald A. Thomas I guess I should have prefaced my comment with "sarcasm"....but I ASSUMED, yes I know, my mistake, that the "Slow Clap" would have made it apparent.
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As an aviation goober, I can say that this is going to be very costly to the AF to take care of. The number one destroyer of aircraft is corrosion. We are looking at countless hours of maintenance, insections, removal/cleaning/replacement of critical flight parts. The Squadron suffers the loss of the aircraft during all this time which decrease the operational readiness of the squadrons operational readiness (OR) rating, which is tracked all the way up to the DoD, and affects the squadron commander personally/professionally. In aviation, there are no points given for losing an acft to shenanigans. The acft is down, and down is down.....period. If the squadron falls below 70% OR rating for the month, which is easy if you have one acft down the entire reporting period (15th of the month---15th of the next month) The squadron and commander is tagged as Not Mission Capable (NMC). In layman's terms......the boss gets f###ed. The damage to the hanger will be included as well. The cost of all the repairs will come out of the operational budget of the unit. I promise you the AF isn't going to cancel flights to save the costs when they can bill the USMC. If that engine is a loss (extremely possible) as well as some of those 'black boxes'.....which fall in the $250-500,000 all day long category, you can see where the humor fades quickly. The Marines, who are infamous with getting a miniscule portion of the defense budget, are looking at losing millions from their operational budget because of a drunken Marine.
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MSgt Aaron Brite
Lol! Saw a hazard warehouse like this once. Set off by the fire marshal no less. Face palm and a lesson in not touching systems you are not familiar with. @abbot shaull. The Marines can use the enlisted club on Kaden and it's not a long drunken stroll to the flight line from there.
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CDR (Join to see)
While tragic in its own right (and costly), it's still pretty funny! We're human and don't only laugh at things that are appropriate.
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SPC Americo Garcia
I told you not to bet on challenging a Marine to get revenge for what he said about our commanding officer.
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MSgt (Join to see)
Because when one shits their pants, we all wear diapers- one of the things I liked least about Kadena. Sure miss Coffee Casa's breakfast and the sunsets though.
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