I remember seeing multiple soldiers (not sure if they were with the National Guard) armed with some serious rifles deployed inside the terminals at BWI when I flew in and out of there in mid-October 2001. It was a startling sight.
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The Washington Post says it was the Maryland National Guard. "At President Bush's request, about 5,000 National Guard soldiers are being deployed to 442 commercial airports nationwide after receiving special security training from the Federal Aviation Administration."
aug 27, 2025, 4:45 pm • 2 0 • view
Same at the big NYC stations - I think you can still today see rifle-carrying Guard at places like Penn from time to time. But the saps stuck on subway duty tend to only have sidearms.
aug 27, 2025, 4:52 pm • 2 0 • view
Saw carbines down in DuPont circle metro today!
aug 27, 2025, 8:58 pm • 0 0 • view
Folks should be asking "who are those for" every time they pass by 😵💫
aug 27, 2025, 9:00 pm • 1 0 • view
During the height of terrorist attacks there were also police (not military) personell with machine guns here in Germany, patrolling public places, air ports, train stations. But they got quickly recalled. They were not used as an instrument to intimidate political enemies.
aug 27, 2025, 4:48 pm • 0 0 • view