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Timeba 112 points ago +112 / -0

Okay army guy here. Them rolling in strykers with weapons mounted in the RWS is definitely not normal.

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ShampocalypseWOW 45 points ago +45 / -0

Dudes on sky watch in the back, too.

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SwanS0ng 9 points ago +9 / -0

or drones yes

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ShampocalypseWOW 6 points ago +6 / -0

Not the skies, just the sides and rear of the vehicle to increase security and situational awareness.

I mean, I guess you could watch the skies too... if you want...

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TightyWhitey 41 points ago +41 / -0

Thanks for your input. We need more input from military guys on here.

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Ivleeeg 16 points ago +18 / -2

Yeah, the military doesn't gas up at the truck stop. They don't carry real weapons during exercises. This is definitely not normal.

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Timeba 14 points ago +15 / -1

We gas at the truck stops all the time.

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qwertyuiop123 4 points ago +4 / -0

Yeah and there was a guy on the other thread saying he did this dozens of times and they never left without a weapon. You wouldn't even think of doing these drills unarmed apparently.

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Auslander 4 points ago +4 / -0

I see military at the local truck stops all the time, but they are not driving combat vehicles. Tracked vehicles are always on a truck and usually stuff like strikers are on a truck. Army has lots of trucks and I see a lot of military equipment rolling down the interstate on civilian trucks.

And the Army (at least anything combat related) ALWAYS carries real weapons on exercises. No ammo, but always weapons, both personal and vehicle mounted.

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Ivleeeg 3 points ago +3 / -0

Interesting, nowhere I've ever been stationed ever had real weapons in public during an exercise. Once we got to where we were going they were issued but not before.

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Auslander 1 point ago +1 / -0

I never did exercises off post. We didn’t carry weapons when we were railheading or just moving vehicles but that wouldn’t be considered an exercise.

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Jakefoy92 34 points ago +38 / -4

Former army guy here, nasty girl, actually. No, this is NOT normal at all, Even for the guard. AT (annual training) is always in the summer. Could be nothing, but hey, maybe it’s something?

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Memeoverlord 24 points ago +24 / -0

Army guy here, from 2id was in a stryker brigade......this is not normal. It would be normal if they were heading to docks for a deployment. Outside of that this looks serious, they even have the rpg armor grate on the outside, its fully uparmored. The grate going along the outside is designed to catch rocket propelled grenades. We only put those on for the real deal. Also we never rolled on civilian roads during the night. Every convoy i was ever in to a trainign exercise was during the day

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Memeoverlord 1 point ago +1 / -0

TOMAHAWK

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Auslander 3 points ago +3 / -0

During the deployment to Kosovo in the mid 90s they tried doing a night road March in Germany with tanks and got a bunch of people killed and injured. They used to road march tracked vehicles during the Cold War but stopped even driving the tanks off post after.

Doing a night road march is highly unusual.

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wizzingonwallstreet 7 points ago +7 / -0

Depends on where they are. See that in Amboy all the time.

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Lincoln238805 63 points ago +64 / -1

If it was training exercise...guns would not be mounted...

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fthecoup 53 points ago +54 / -1

Domestic convoys don't roll at night.

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Wankerton 1 point ago +1 / -0

Makes sense. You only roll at night for specific reasons.

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Memeoverlord 6 points ago +6 / -0

Exactly what i said

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Coorslight14 54 points ago +54 / -0

The evidence is just building up something is going down. You don't see that at a Truck stop.

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Phouglas -8 points ago +3 / -11

The evidence has been “building” for months and nothing happens. Just like nothing will happen now.

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JohnMcCainsTumors -54 points ago +14 / -68

Actually military refills at truck stops all the time this is nothing other than normal at all except that you're watching some trucker and some hooker freak out about it

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NimbleNomad9 52 points ago +53 / -1

They also don't have armaments attached and troops with rifles during normal refills

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fthecoup 37 points ago +38 / -1

Domestic convoys don't roll at night.

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VoterIDMatters 18 points ago +19 / -1

they don’t do that fully armed

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AstronoMink 11 points ago +11 / -0

Why would we trust anything coming outta John McStain?

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Get-schlonged 11 points ago +11 / -0

"lot lizard"

use the correct nomenclature

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SodiumSoldier 6 points ago +6 / -0

Actually they don't like to be called lot lizards anymore, they are "recreational reptiles"

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remindmelater 38 points ago +38 / -0

Maybe they just want to protect the 6 people who want to attend Bidens "inauguration" .....

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AndrewCuomosEmmy 6 points ago +6 / -0

Is that including his cracked up family?

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qwertyuiop123 2 points ago +2 / -0

The inauguration area is so big they are going to need really, really big circles this time to make it look like the small crowd is intentional. Like 300 feet circles. And the media will be like "oh it's a shame more people wouldn't fit".

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rcstl 31 points ago +32 / -1

"I told you to go before we left!"

Also, Army convoys drive their own gas stations. I wonder if they were just training using local resources?

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UmbraSapientia 7 points ago +7 / -0

Sometimes truck stops have large open space for parking. A lot of room to park, if space is needed.

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rcstl 21 points ago +21 / -0

I thought my quip about stopping to use the john was funny but it got downvoted. Comedy, like math, is hard.

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Redmerc1999 8 points ago +8 / -0

I thought it was funny, have an upvote.

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goemagog 2 points ago +2 / -0

They make convenient places to rotate drivers on long convoys to/from training posts. The training area my unit used most was a 6-hour drive away, and we had designated stops to swap drivers at a rest area, a truck stop, and a weigh station.

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UmbraSapientia 1 point ago +1 / -0

I know. Some 12 hour drives require break stops to stretch the legs, or space to refuel. But also, in my experience/thinking about it, they make good mustering/rally points because highways all connect and the large open spaces of truck car parks make for good organisation space. If commencing training cross battalions/regiments. I personally don't give this video any credit because couldn't find a date to it.

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thallos 31 points ago +32 / -1

They did activate the guard and say they may be amed but yeah, are they really hunting boogaloo bois? The guys in the capitol were harmless, seems like a lot of work for post victory theater.

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marishiten 36 points ago +38 / -2

There are laws preventing soldiers to be armed in the United States.

it's considered an aggressive act. You have to have something serious for them to suit up.

The soldier directing traffic was strapped too.

The accent of these people sound like Virgina/WV. So I don't know. But that is unsettling.

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MemeLawd 17 points ago +18 / -1

Since when did laws matter...

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RabidNemo 2 points ago +2 / -0

Given that it's a truck stop you can't necessarily go off of accent. I recently had a flagpole delivered and the trucker was from Vermont and I live in Washington State

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ShampocalypseWOW 8 points ago +9 / -1

The larpaloo bois dont have RPG or armored vehicles for which you would need a .50 cal... This is something else.

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Redmerc1999 15 points ago +15 / -0

Lots of info missing about this. When was it taken? Where? Which truck stop? How far away is the closest army base? How far away is the closest National Guard base (was it a Natl Guard training weekend?). I'll admit, it's a bit weird to see them going through a truck stop like that, but not impossible.

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GAShredder 13 points ago +14 / -1

It was in TX last night. I can't remember exactly what city but I believe I read El Paso

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OKRancher 6 points ago +6 / -0

I heard El Paso

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Redmerc1999 7 points ago +8 / -1

Assuming you're correct on El Paso, then this shouldn't be surprising at all. El Paso is home to Fort Bliss, which is a HUGE base and has plenty of military equipment stationed at it. Although it is a bit odd for them to roll through a truck stop like that, given the lack of other people posting the same thing and being equally surprised is telling. More than likely it was just the Army Guard guys finishing up their training and returning to base. I initially thought it was odd that the guy was walking ahead of the vehicles, then I remembered that visibility in those things is terrible, so he's probably just walking as a spotter to makes sure they don't hit anything.

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becky21k1 5 points ago +5 / -0

.. armed?

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Redmerc1999 2 points ago +3 / -1

"Guns out" armed? Yes. Whether there are rounds in the chamber, noone knows for certain.

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Vox_Dobad 5 points ago +5 / -0

El Paso cityyyyyyyyyy

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yuugecrowds 3 points ago +3 / -0

By the rio graaandeeee

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Altherion 14 points ago +14 / -0

Hmm.. That's not very normal, is it?

For the Pedes, or for the traitors?

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AstronoMink 5 points ago +5 / -0

This is the Big Question.

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BillionsAndBillions -1 points ago +2 / -3

Sadly, these boys are going to be working for the traitors. MAGA are the new terrorists. Welcome to the War on Terror 2.0, and we're the baddies.

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ThankThanos 10 points ago +11 / -1

The military is 100% behind the current Commander in Chief. They're preparing for the unrest that will follow Trump taking back the election - or arresting those who committed treason 1/6.

Texas is probably one of the few states that will allow Trump to begin prepping for martial law across the nation.

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Whereami 5 points ago +5 / -0

Or they are ready to quell the revolt of Texas.

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stagolee 1 point ago +1 / -0

I wouldn’t say 100%. A good number of generals are deep state mafia. Kay Griggs warned us.

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Paratrooper82 10 points ago +11 / -1

I’ve watched this video several times.

I’ve brightened my phone as much as I can....

I do NOT see blank adaptors on those weapons.....

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Whereami 2 points ago +2 / -0

No succession for Texas. Damn.

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BasedInFact 9 points ago +9 / -0

Why the truck stop?

Taquito munchies?

Can’t arrest piles of commies on an empty stomach!

There is no way these boys aren’t ready to help their President Trump rescue this country. Not gonna be Biden’s bitches or The Ho’s goon squad.

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Roush2 2 points ago +2 / -0

The only thing I can think of is they had to go to civilian pumps to fill up because the pumps on post maybe went down??? But even if that was the case, normally they would turn in weapons, then fill up after training...

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Timeba 3 points ago +3 / -0

We stop at truck stops all the time to fuel our convoy

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Sa1tyBastard [S] 5 points ago +5 / -0

this is from Colorado Springs

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GAShredder 9 points ago +9 / -0

Colorado Springs? Every time I've seen this video since late last night it said it was in TX. I believe El Paso if I remembered correctly.

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russianbot4673 9 points ago +9 / -0

probably, knowing this place

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AstronoMink 3 points ago +3 / -0

New. This is a repost of the original though.

Saw the original post on Facebook with the date not long ago.

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RealFletchYoung 6 points ago +6 / -0

Nah there is a text that comes through while the recording is going on that mentions an article from 1/5/20 so it’s new

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Regeth 4 points ago +4 / -0

Active duty and National Guard vet, even when I was deployed to New Orleans, we where not armed, all weapons where in a locked trailer. It's not uncommon for a convoy to stop for gas at a truck stop.

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ak83 2 points ago +2 / -0

I would hate to be the only guy there with the GPC card for gas.

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reklaw103 2 points ago +2 / -0

Since when do the military fill up at the gas station? I get if it's a convoy in the piss middle of nowhere, but if this was very close to fort bliss, then why not fill up at the base?

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DDee 2 points ago +2 / -0

As a many time convoy commander, this refueling happens all the time. Weapons, hard to say at this point.

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reklaw103 1 point ago +1 / -0

What's the reason? Capacity at the base?

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DDee 2 points ago +2 / -0

I have no idea where they are. Food, fuel, rest, stragglers, etc. Happens all the time. Cant speak to weapons as I have no idea what's there and what isn't. Have travelled both, mounted, dismounted in USA, BUT usually no ammo with the weapons. If a convoy with ammo, minimally armed with some ammo available to select few for protection. Everything is mission dependent and nobody bothered to ask these young Americans what was going on. Why is that?

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trumpd-efender 1 point ago +2 / -1

LOL, 6 trucks are driving around somewhere we don't know... looks very usual to me.

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DDee 1 point ago +1 / -0

Where and when...

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Rodrigo 1 point ago +1 / -0

Where did this take place?

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Dogpile1 1 point ago +6 / -5

They couldn't beat 2500 cave dwellers in trashcanistan. Don't worry, the command and leadership are mostly morons and political appointees.

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InterloperKO 1 point ago +1 / -0

I just remembered when T walked into the CIA or FBI and gave them all a round of applause. Where's that vid..

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Jokeruh1n 1 point ago +1 / -0

Kinda vague, Did I miss The Who what when where and why??? Date and time of video?

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RabidNemo 1 point ago +1 / -0

I've been hearing different rumors as to where these might be. I've heard everything from Texas or Florida to i-95 in New Jersey and Colorado springs at 3:00 in the morning.

Seen some defeatist / BS posts around claiming that this is old footage but I don't think it is.

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RabidNemo 1 point ago +1 / -0

They may travel from base to base occasionally but not with weapons or at 3:00 in the morning. They also rarely do training exercises this time of year because of poor weather throughout most of the country

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findthewarmspot 0 points ago +1 / -1

Dude filming in a Rolls Royce?

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JohnMcCainsTumors -23 points ago +2 / -25

Grow up. We are really going to hang off of what some trucker and some dirty hooker or going crazy about with their low IQ?

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AstronoMink 2 points ago +3 / -1

Shillllllll

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VileAge-Idi0t 1 point ago +2 / -1

They stand out like dogs balls, don't they? I mean....... who rolls in here with a handle mentioning He We Do Not Name.... ghey.