RE: Re: [OT] Explosives question

At 2:28 PM -0400 5/8/02, Roger Books wrote:
>I'm not sure about shipboard timing, but the naval base in Norfolk
>ceased to have Marine gate guards after a Marine shot and killed
>a sailor while on gate guard duty.  The sailor grabbed a pistol from
>one of the two Marines, ran 15 or so feet, and turned, pistol still
>in hand.  The other Marine shot and killed him.

hmm... I don't remember that (which is not an indication of anything)
but I do remember a fuss in the local paper about civilian gate guards
and cost savings.  I moved to Norfolk/Va Beach in 86

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