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CAn you imagine the ass chewing they got when their CO got a hold of them 
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Jan. 13, 2004) -- A junior Soldier was stopped from boarding a commercial airliner after an inert landmine was found in his checked baggage this month.
Increasingly Soldiers are attempting to carry prohibited items on commercial airliners either going to or returning from an overseas assignments, officials said. This act could be a career ender for Soldiers under the Uniformed Code of Military Justice, said Chet Spangler, Air Traffic Control staff specialist, Headquarters, U.S. Army Aeronautical Services Agency.
"Recently, the Transportation Security Administration confiscated various items to include five pounds of fireworks, brass knuckles with a four-inch knife blade, a loaded BB pistol and a nine-millimeter pistol during airport security checks," Spangler said. According to the United States Code of Federal Regulations, a person who attempts to carry prohibited items on an airplane is subject to a $10,000 civil penalty.
The junior Soldier who was detained for checking a landmine in his baggage was not charged with a criminal offense, but could face civil penalties, according to an article by the Denver bureau of the Associated Press.
Violations committed by military service members in the performance of official duties requires the TSA to refer such cases to the appropriate military authority for disciplinary action appropriate under the UCMJ, Spangler said.
Commanders are strongly encouraged to thoroughly brief Soldiers on which items are prohibited when traveling on civilian air carries to prevent future violations, officials said.
Spangler said the staffing process for Soldiers who are caught with prohibited items in their carry-on baggage is as follows:
The TSA will provide a certified case file to Headquarters, U.S. Army
Aeronautical Services Agency with a 90-day suspense. Next, the Headquarters, U.S. Army Aeronautical Services Agency will send the case file to the appropriate major command with a 60-day suspense.
The MACOM will be required to determine if the Soldier was within his right to carry the item because he was performing official duties. In the event the MACOM determines that the violation was not in performance of official duties, the TSA would take enforcement action.
Increasingly Soldiers are attempting to carry prohibited items on commercial airliners either going to or returning from an overseas assignments, officials said. This act could be a career ender for Soldiers under the Uniformed Code of Military Justice, said Chet Spangler, Air Traffic Control staff specialist, Headquarters, U.S. Army Aeronautical Services Agency.
"Recently, the Transportation Security Administration confiscated various items to include five pounds of fireworks, brass knuckles with a four-inch knife blade, a loaded BB pistol and a nine-millimeter pistol during airport security checks," Spangler said. According to the United States Code of Federal Regulations, a person who attempts to carry prohibited items on an airplane is subject to a $10,000 civil penalty.
The junior Soldier who was detained for checking a landmine in his baggage was not charged with a criminal offense, but could face civil penalties, according to an article by the Denver bureau of the Associated Press.
Violations committed by military service members in the performance of official duties requires the TSA to refer such cases to the appropriate military authority for disciplinary action appropriate under the UCMJ, Spangler said.
Commanders are strongly encouraged to thoroughly brief Soldiers on which items are prohibited when traveling on civilian air carries to prevent future violations, officials said.
Spangler said the staffing process for Soldiers who are caught with prohibited items in their carry-on baggage is as follows:
The TSA will provide a certified case file to Headquarters, U.S. Army
Aeronautical Services Agency with a 90-day suspense. Next, the Headquarters, U.S. Army Aeronautical Services Agency will send the case file to the appropriate major command with a 60-day suspense.
The MACOM will be required to determine if the Soldier was within his right to carry the item because he was performing official duties. In the event the MACOM determines that the violation was not in performance of official duties, the TSA would take enforcement action.
at least he tried. imagine how cool it would look sitting on your mantle place, and unexploded land mine from a war you were in. until it exploded, then it wouldnt be cool anymore.
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