Posted on Jun 6, 2018

Police: Soldier steals armored vehicle from Fort Pickett National Guard base in Virginia

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I've read that the driver is an Army 1LT. He stopped in downtown Richmond. When he stopped and got out, police employed a taser and a fur missile to subdue him.

Police: Soldier steals armored vehicle from Fort Pickett National Guard base in Virginia

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Lt Col Charlie Brown

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And then there was this one...I actually was in Germany at the time...
https://www.stripes.com/tank-retrieved-from-the-neckar-river-1982-1.172823
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Capt Daniel Goodman

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Oh,yeah...i forgot about that one...just wasn't there some craaynyoutbube clip showing some Bozo driving a tank over a divider somewhere in Georgia or Calif awhile back? It just sticks in my memory, I'll try to find it....

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This was not a side effect of the reforger exercise was it?

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Capt Daniel Goodman

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MSgt Don Dobbs

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Don't forget these..... https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/4-times-enlisted-troops-stole-planes-from-the-flightline and there was a more recent one involving a C-130.

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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth

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Keeping up on his training.

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Police: Soldier steals armored vehicle from Fort Pickett National Guard base in Virginia

Police: Soldier steals armored vehicle from Fort Pickett National Guard base in Virginia

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