COMMENT-- SCANNER + CAMERA = TERRORIST!!??! Re: [MilCom] OFF-TOPIC -Photographers Say Police Harass Them

[Larry Van Horn]

As one who served in military security unit during one of my shore duty
tours, let me boil this down in some real simple terms. 
If someone was hanging around the fence at your house with a scanner,
still or video camera, binoculars, & note pad/pen, what would you do. I
would call the cops! 
That base is the work place and in many cases home of the military
assigned to it.

The smart person would go to the security office and ask in person to
watch, photograph and listen to the aircraft. If the answer is no go on
and accept it. Slinking around the fence line would like suspicious at
my house and it surely does at a military installation.

Just remember it is much easier to ask for permission than for
forgiveness. 

Now can we please drop this nonsense. This topic crops up way to often
on this list and no matter how it is phrased, the answer will always
remain the same. We live in different times and procedures are different
and that is reality. We are going to learn to adapt or take up another
hobby. Now it is time to return this channel to its normal traffic
please.

Ya'll have fun out there and be careful

Larry Van Horn, N5FPW USN (Ret)
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