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So, when the GQP does decide to put a bomb on Air Force One, it will be easier than shoplifting at Walmart.
That intruder was apprehended because the “mouse ears” cap he was wearing struck an observant airman as odd. 
An inspector general’s investigation found three main security failings, starting with “human error” by a gate security guard who allowed the man to drive onto the base even though he had no credentials that authorized his access. Hours later, the man walked undetected onto the flight line by slipping through a fence designed to restrict entry. Finally, he walked onto and off a parked airplane without being challenged, even though he was not wearing a required badge authorizing access to the restricted area. >

I think that occurrence was the one that happened in 2/21, at least that's how the article reads to me.
in any case, they need to get their shit sorted on the base. >


It’s not the first time the base’s security has been breached; in February 2021 a man got through the military checkpoint onto the installation, then through additional fenced secure areas to gain access to the flight line and climb into a C-40, which is the military’s 737-equivalent aircraft used to fly government officials. 

This is a new one, as stated in the article. >

Reading the comments, this is apparently the second time a  guy in mouse ears snuck onto a military base?
This f-in timeline is giving me a migraine.  Shit like this makes me sympathize with conspiracy theorists sometimes. >

Let me guess, some dude high on Republican conspiracy theories? >

Getting into a base wouldn't be hard and really isn't newsworthy. It's the doing it without security forces immediately hunting you down that's the hard part. >

Idk, I served on Camp Lejeune, and I remember the traffic to get on base being backed up to the highway even with all lanes open. PMO was never properly checking credentials during those times. I held my high school ID out and was waved through. It's not always as hard as it should be to get into a secure area.
Edit: Just to clarify, this wasn't an everyday occurrence. It was mostly the last day of a 72 or 96 when everyone was coming back from the long weekend. >

I was also at Lejeune, but spent most of my time at Pendleton, and security at the external gates was normal, but to get onto the air station there was additional security. Lejeune is a bit different, since Cherry Point is basically adjacent, and I don't think Lejeune had its own air station. I also spent some time at Quantico, which, oddly enough, was the easiest one to get on, but I also didn't even know where the air station there was, but given HMX-1 was headquartered there, I imagine the additional security there was no joke. There was a story when I was there that some company grade officer (I believe, supposedly like the OIC) got put face down in the dirt at gunpoint because he thought it would be a good idea to test the security at the air station. I do know getting to the FBI area of Quantico involved going through additional security. >

MCAS New River was across the bay from Lejeune. That's where Camp Geiger and all the east coast MCT and infantry schools were. Cherry point was a bit over an hour away.