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Old 09-09-2014, 06:42 PM
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Our air base in Indiana was on lockdown due to DEFCON 2.
I was on the flightline gate to the Alert A/C pads.
The base commander, a full bird Colonel, came running up to the gate and didn't have his gate pass with him. Our orders were that NO ONE entered w/o the proper credentials.
He insisted I let him in, so he went face down in the rain at gunpoint.
The Provost Marshall came up and verified who he was.
I thought "Oh boy, my ass is grass now."
Just the opposite. I got a commendation for taking the proper action,. and a handshake from the Colonel, after we went back to DEFCON 3.
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