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re: Are the secret service more like navy seals or the poofy hat redcoats in London
Posted on 4/6/23 at 5:50 am to Hawgnsincebirth55
Posted on 4/6/23 at 5:50 am to Hawgnsincebirth55
I’m pretty sure a lot of them are former SF and the like. Could be wrong.
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Posted on 4/6/23 at 5:52 am to lsufan1971
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I have heard delta force and DEVGRU guys say the air Marshall gun qualification is the toughest in the world.
I believe I heard this from Jocko Willink. It has to do with the fact it’s all about shooting in a crowded pressurized cabin. You really can’t afford to miss. At all.
Posted on 4/6/23 at 5:56 am to Hawgnsincebirth55
That would be the ultimate mistake of FAFO
Posted on 4/6/23 at 6:05 am to SixthAndBarone
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The majority are just security guards.
I have worked with them and a majority of them actually work with treasury. Finding counterfeit currency is a big portion of the ss.
Posted on 4/6/23 at 6:29 am to USMCguy121
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It is 2023 and the same company that owns a mercenary group also owns Yahoo
I thought Verizon owned Yahoo
Posted on 4/6/23 at 7:10 am to USMCguy121
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Constellis which was known to many as Blackwater.
Academi as well. I am on a shooting team with a couple ex-Blackwater instructors. Guys are legit. I do not know about all of them.
Posted on 4/6/23 at 7:30 am to lsudave1
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I saw this one 5’0 SS girl who couldn’t have weighed more than 100 lbs and had a lesbian Starbucks barista type look about her was seriously wondering how the hell she could take anyone down.
She couldn’t. Gotta meet them quotas bro.
This post was edited on 4/6/23 at 9:32 am
Posted on 4/6/23 at 7:54 am to Bobby OG Johnson
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believe this Ol' Boy would frick you up
What kind of range you think ol baw gets with that cannon? Also, imagine packing that fricker around. I bet he’s a wirey, strong little fricker.
Posted on 4/6/23 at 7:55 am to jamboybarry
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If you’re talking plainsclothes SS and you get close enough to “frick with them” they will frick you up
They will do everything possible to avoid an interaction, where do you people come up with nonsense like this?
Posted on 4/6/23 at 7:06 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
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I know they’re legit bodyguards but like if you frick with them a little will they just ignore you and take it as a joke or would they frick you up?
In 1988, I was checking my mail at the Union and not really watching where I was going as I headed toward the door looking through my mail. I was suddenly moved (shoved? picked up and placed?) out of the way and up almost against the wall by a fellow in a dark suit. When I looked up I saw Vice President Bush walking in our direction.
Vice President Bush smiled a little and said he hoped I wasn't too roughed up and that he hoped I had a good letter from home in the mail I was holding. As soon as he passed, the agent who had "redirected" me patted my shoulder and went on with the VP.
It wasn't brutal or overtly forceful, but it was a very firm and assertive action the agent took to keep me away from the Vice President who was on campus for a campaign rally seeking the Republican nomination.
The rally took place later that evening at the PMAC. GHWB said there that he had wanted to see a bit of the campus at LSU and that he thought is was exceptionally beautiful with the live oaks lining the quad and the streets through campus. Nice words from him, and of course I voted for him.
That's the closest I've been to someone who actually became our president. But to answer your question - the members of the Secret Service protection detail take their job VERY seriously. I was moved out of the way before I even knew what was going on and the closest thing I got by way of an "excuse me" or an apology for being physically moved away from the vice president was a firm pat on the shoulder as the agent turned away and continued with the detail.
They are far from a joke.
This post was edited on 4/6/23 at 7:08 pm
Posted on 4/6/23 at 7:48 pm to Tusksup
Just search Youtube for "Make way for the Queen's Gaurds" and you will laugh your arse off. They do not play!
Posted on 4/6/23 at 8:06 pm to Big Gorilla
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I have worked with them and a majority of them actually work with treasury. Finding counterfeit currency is a big portion of the ss.
They're all Treasury. At the time it was decided Presidents needed full time security, the Treasury Department was the only federal department with LE agents suitable for the task. This predated the FBI by a good many years and the US Marshals had their hands full with other duties.
Posted on 4/6/23 at 8:29 pm to robchand58
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when Pat Robertson was running
There probably wouldn't have been a second warning if it was a real candidate.
Posted on 4/6/23 at 8:36 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Not really that impressive, even the ones on DV details. Just cops.
Posted on 4/6/23 at 10:19 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
I saw the SS in action once. Yeah wouldn't want to mess around in their vicinity. I was less than ten feet away from a former President when some commotion happened about 25yds away. I can still her the clicking of SS getting ready to cause major life ending damage.
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