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reply posted on 25-2-2012 @ 02:25 PM by ManOfHart
reply to post by amongus


I live near South Prairie Washington, 20 miles from JBLM base, I have not seen or heard anything out of the ordinary. I do have a visual of their flight paths on the base though, I will now watch over there more often. Thanks for the heads up.

I would also like to ask a general question to all. Is publishing information on strange traffic from a military base a form of an act of enabling an enemy?


reply posted on 25-2-2012 @ 06:24 PM by schuyler
Originally posted by amongus
Originally posted by MDDoxs
reply to post by Hellas


Out of ordinary activity is not "Extreme" activity is all i was making note of.


As another poster put it, I live here. You don't. I KNOW what is normal. This is not normal. It's not even just increased. This is extreme. I've lived here for 12 years and know this is extreme.


I've lived here over 60 years and I say it is NOT extreme, but fairly normal. There's nothing unusual about activity at JBLM (Joint Base Lewis McChord, its official name).


reply posted on 25-2-2012 @ 06:34 PM by schuyler
Originally posted by ManOfHart
reply to post by amongus

I would also like to ask a general question to all. Is publishing information on strange traffic from a military base a form of an act of enabling an enemy?


I get this all the time when pointing out the whereabouts of our carriers. My answer is this: If the information is available through public outlets, as opposed to military sources, it can't be considered aiding the enemy. I can almost guarantee there are foreign spies stationed around JBLM to report any really unusual activity and that they have a better handle on it than your average homeowner who happens to hear some bangs on an army base. As a kid playing army on Fort Lewis I set off a smoke grenade that could be seen clear across Tacoma. I'll bet you some freaky folks in Tacoma thought "something was happening!" they were right. i was in deep doodoo over it. I found the sucker laying about on the ground, lit it and threw it in an abandoned outhouse. Yellow smoke covered the sky. e called it the Battle of the Outhouse for years. (Yeah, this was in the sixties.)

On the other hand, if you are on base and get wind of a depearture time of a Trident SSBN, you could be in a lot of trouble. All we need is some "fishing boat" off the coast of Washington to know the exact time an SSBN transits the Strait of Juan de Fuca to refine its tracking methods and capture the unique print of a Trident. AFAIK a Trident has NEVER been tracked by the enemy and was a big factor in ending the cold war.

It's kind of hard to hide a 100,000 ton displacement carrier, though. Any satellite can track a Carrier Strike Group, so saying the Vinson has left Hawaii and is headed to Bremerton isn't a big deal because eveyone who wants to know knows already anyway.
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reply posted on 25-2-2012 @ 07:26 PM by scrat
reply to post by schuyler


Yes Wa. Washington st. Seattle Tacoma sory for no reply.
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