Posted on Sep 11, 2015
"U.S. Marines reject calls to arm recruiters in wake of July 16 Chattanooga attack"
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From: Times Free Press
The U.S. Marines will not arm recruiters in the wake of the July 16 attack in Chattanooga that killed five service members, the Marine Corps Recruiting Command public affairs office confirmed Wednesday.
Lt. Gen. Mark Brilakis, the top general at the Marine Corp. Recruiting Command, told The Marine Corps Times on Tuesday that officials have ruled out arming recruiters but will implement other safety measures.
The debate about whether military recruiters should be armed started hours after a lone gunman attacked two military sites in Chattanooga and killed four Marines and a U.S. Navy specialist. The gunman, Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez, opened fire on several military recruiting officers in a strip mall near Highway 153, then attacked a second site on Amnicola Highway a few minutes away.
After the attack, some state and national officials argued that recruiters and other military personnel stationed on U.S. soil should begin carrying weapons. Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam temporarily ordered National Guard recruiters out of strip malls and into armories, and governors in a handful of other states ordered that National Guard recruiters be armed.
Some citizens even took it upon themselves to bring guns and stand guard outside military recruiting centers like the one attacked in Chattanooga, prompting the Pentagon to ask that they stop.
Currently, Department of Defense regulations prohibit most service members from being armed on U.S. soil, including most personnel at reserves and recruiting centers.
The Marine Corps Recruiting Command's decision not to arm recruiters only applies to Marine recruiters, and does not impact other branches of the military or Marines on reserves.
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2015/sep/09/us-marines-reject-calls-arm-recruiters-wake-july-16-chattanooga-attack/324217/
The U.S. Marines will not arm recruiters in the wake of the July 16 attack in Chattanooga that killed five service members, the Marine Corps Recruiting Command public affairs office confirmed Wednesday.
Lt. Gen. Mark Brilakis, the top general at the Marine Corp. Recruiting Command, told The Marine Corps Times on Tuesday that officials have ruled out arming recruiters but will implement other safety measures.
The debate about whether military recruiters should be armed started hours after a lone gunman attacked two military sites in Chattanooga and killed four Marines and a U.S. Navy specialist. The gunman, Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez, opened fire on several military recruiting officers in a strip mall near Highway 153, then attacked a second site on Amnicola Highway a few minutes away.
After the attack, some state and national officials argued that recruiters and other military personnel stationed on U.S. soil should begin carrying weapons. Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam temporarily ordered National Guard recruiters out of strip malls and into armories, and governors in a handful of other states ordered that National Guard recruiters be armed.
Some citizens even took it upon themselves to bring guns and stand guard outside military recruiting centers like the one attacked in Chattanooga, prompting the Pentagon to ask that they stop.
Currently, Department of Defense regulations prohibit most service members from being armed on U.S. soil, including most personnel at reserves and recruiting centers.
The Marine Corps Recruiting Command's decision not to arm recruiters only applies to Marine recruiters, and does not impact other branches of the military or Marines on reserves.
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2015/sep/09/us-marines-reject-calls-arm-recruiters-wake-july-16-chattanooga-attack/324217/
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That is not good news. I hope the USMC has a plan to provide protection to its recruiters.
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LTC Stephen F.
SGT Jerrold Pesz - I hope you are wrong; but, I suspect you aren't. Perhaps Congress will take action to allow Active Military Service personnel to carry personal arms when on remote duty such as recruiting.
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And how much protection does the good General have when visiting the recruiting stations, or when in his plush office, most likely in the Pentagon. There ARE ways to harden the sites to give time for measures to be taken, but if anyone is willing to do a suicide attack on them, the deadly force response is the only definitive action to preserve life. Yes, that means firearms readily available. Heck, maybe there will be a good sailor such as the one in Chattanooga to protect the site. Even at the risk of being censured.
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