Invited media and military members were held at gunpoint at Space Force base in California
Five reporters and two military members were held for more than 30 minutes after security mistook an escorted convoy for unauthorized entrants.
- On Monday, five reporters and two military members were detained at gunpoint by security forces at Vandenberg Space Force Base who mistakenly identified the invited media convoy as "gate runners."
- A communication breakdown occurred as the convoy, escorted by public affairs staff, entered the installation before verification was complete. The 30th Security Forces Squadron reacted by raising metal barricades along California Boulevard.
- During the more than 30-minute incident, two military members were handcuffed and placed in vehicles while civilians sat on a curb. Representatives from Noozhawk, KSBY, and the Santa Maria Times missed the "golden shovel" groundbreaking event.
- Noozhawk editor in chief Tom Bolton called the incident "a failure on multiple levels" and demanded apologies. Space Launch Delta 30 officials defended the response, citing an "increased number of unauthorized entry attempts" at the base.
- The group was traveling to a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Sentinel Formal Training Unit. Col. James Horne, Space Launch Delta 30 commander, emphasized the 160,000-square-foot campus supports the next-generation Sentinel missile program.
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Security Police at Vandenberg Hold at Gunpoint Five Journalists Invited to an Event
They had identification. They had an escort. They were there because the military had asked them to be there. Yet they ended up being held at gunpoint by military Security Police. The post Security Police at Vandenberg Hold at Gunpoint Five Journalists Invited to an Event appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.
Reporters and Military Members Held at Gunpoint At California Space Force Base
Five reporters and two military personnel were detained at gunpoint by security forces at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California after an invited media convoy was mistakenly identified as unauthorized “gate runners.” The group was being escorted by public affairs personnel to a groundbreaking ceremony when a communication failure occurred during their entry.💡Security forces from the 30th Security Forces Squadron raised barricades along Calif…
Space Force Pulls Weapons on Innocent People They Thought Were Intruders
Did the bright-eyed enlistees of the Space Force join up thinking they’d one day be fighting alien invaders like they’re, we dunno, Master Chief? Their jobs, in reality: drawing their weapons on imagined human invaders. As the Associated Press reports, security at the Vandenberg Space Force base in California held five news reporters and two military officers at gunpoint because they thought they were intruders trying to crash the gates. The sna…
Invited media, military members held at gunpoint by Space Force security
Five journalists and the two military members escorting them to an event at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, this week were briefly detained at gunpoint by security police who believed they were gate crashers, according to the local media affected.
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