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I know for a fact that most of the men that work at the Halifax airport security are retired navy and know all about what metal is in a uniform.
axeman said:So there I was repatreated early from Afghanistan in 2002 by 2 weeks and was flown back ahead . 2 barracks boxes 1 rucksak webgear .flackvest w plates duffle bag. and small carry on . Present my Canadian Green passport. and get a "WELCOME TO CANADA , HOW LONG WILL YOU BE STAYING? " from there it went down hill. after gettting someone that speaks english as a Primary language i got to explain im returning from Ops and will be staying here in my home town in Edmonton when i get there. . How long sir . Christ man i live there . Why do you have a green passport ? its what they issued me .Who issued the goverment im with the DND just getting back from Afghanistan . .OH is this all yours. YUP all my fighting gear. all the stuff of the trade. hey how long will this take i have another flight to make in 2 hours. ? well we' will see if you can make that flight want to pop all those locks off ad let us look ? not if you dont want to make me miss my flight .. etc in the end after getting the assisnt chief there i was allowed to only open my day bag ruck sack and then xray everything. i had the why are there explosives in your kit probably from all the crap i blew up on the range.... what a pain that airport is maybe if they were originally from this country i might have less hassles getting back into our country
recceguy said:Came home via Dubai to Detroit, USA. In civies. Stood in line with the rest of the cattle. Got shuffled into another line. Walked up to US immigration booth, handed over my green (Canadian) passport. 10 second look at me, my passport and a look down at my bags. "Welcome home & thanks" stamped my book and an airport courier carried my bag to the front door, walked me to the front of the line and put me in the first cab. Same going back out. They couldn't do enough for me, even though I was coach, they gave me all the perks of first class (except the seat )
Neill McKay said:There's a story, maybe true or not, about the MARLANT of the day taking his dog for a walk in the Halifax dockyard on a Sunday morning in civilian clothes. He was, so the story goes, challenged by a quite junior-ranking person and replied along the lines of "Don't you know who I am? Well you should!" If the story is correct, the Admiral sought to have this lad charged over it, but was dissuaded with the explanation that it would probably discourage anyone else from challenging an unknown person in the dockyard and take a significant bite out of the security there.
Bzzliteyr said:You can play that game in the malls near bases too..