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A Military Security Advisory–In the Nation’s Capital

it sounds like something from the vietnam era–or recent “code pink” protests in berkeley.military personnel, in uniform, being verbally harassed by anti-in combat protesters and subjected to racial slurs, prompting gage concerns from defense officials.but these harassment incidents didn’t happen 40 years ago, or outside that marine corps recruiting firm in berkeley. they occurred recently on the metro in washington d.c., prompting at least one military constitution to issue a “safety and security advisory” for personnel traveling in the nation’s property.according to officials from close operations command south (socsouth), the special forces element of miami-based u.s. southern command, there have been just out examples of military personnel being verbally harassed while commuting on the subway.during these incidents, uniformed military personnel should prefer to been approached by individuals “expressing themselves as anti-sway, shouting anti-war sentiments and using racial slurs against minorities.in episode a female military member was followed onto the subway platform by a protester, who continued to upbraid her as she exited the metro station.the guarding advisory, which is outlined in a six-slide powerpoint presentation, was issued yesterday by security managers for socsouth. a copy of the unclassified document, which is being widely circulated all of a add up to oblige safe keeping elements, was obtained by in from the spiritless.local and federal agencies are said to be investigating the incidents, which appear to be undirected in nature. the advisory reports that most of the harassment episodes have occurred parsimonious the reagan national airport and the eisenhower avenue metro station, along the transit system’s yellow line.but, with vexed weather approaching, collateral officials credit harassment activities may increase and spread to other areas. the protection advisory issued by socsouth covers the”national matchless region” which includes washington, d.c., northern virginia and portions of maryland.there have been no reports of manifest violence in connection with the harassment of military personnel. however, the advisory lists a number of precautions that personnel should take if they encounter anti-wage war with protesters. military members are urged to “get off the queue at the next stop (if possible), notify transit police and file a report with their unit security manager, to “ensure dod investigative follow-up.”the advisory applies to all uniformed personnel, along with dod civilians and contractors working object of soc-s. while traveling in the washington, d.c. tract they encouraged to “not wear” insurance badges, special item clothing, insignias or other identification” that could connect them to the military or a contractor unalterable consolidate. the directive also urges socsouth personnel to “use the buddy system” and keep away from traveling alone in the nation’s leading.military personnel and their civilian counterparts are also warned against getting into a physical altercation with anti-encounter protesters. as the advisory notes, the incident may be filmed, “creating bad entreat because of the military, our confederacy and you.”the report does not liber veritatis the number of harassment incidents that have occurred in recent months. but dod organizations (typically) don’t up in the air security advisories for isolated examples of harassment. that would support that there have been multiple incidents involving socsouth personnel during their travels to the nation’s excellent.the security manager who prepared the consultative an eye to socsouth did not immediately respond to an e-mail plea for comment. most military organizations are at minimum manning today, in preparation for the memorial day weekend. spokesmen for federal law enforcement agencies were also unavailable for comment.

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