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SecNav was armed in Afghanistan; CNN gasps

by Jonn Lilyea••74

The Secretary of the Navy, Richard Spencer, made a trip to Afghanistan and he was photographed in Camp Shorab talking to some folks by the Marine Corps Times. He was strapped with a handgun, you know, in a war zone. Of course, CNN reporter, Barbara Starr couldn’t believe her jaundiced eyes;

Good thing that he wasn’t eating two scoops of ice cream at the time.

From Business Insider;

Spencer was reportedly offered the pistol and ammunition from Marine commanders, according to a Navy spokesman cited in a San Diego Tribune report.

“He was offered the weapon to carry while he was traveling around [Afghanistan] and he accepted that offer,” the spokesman told The Tribune. “It was not something that he specifically requested and it was offered to everybody on the travel team.”

If I was in Afghanistan, where most of our recent casualties resulted from “insider attacks”, I’d have more than one firearm visible. Grow up, CNN.

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74 thoughts on “SecNav was armed in Afghanistan; CNN gasps”

    1. yeh, only the knee growth would take away weapons in a war zone, and only a complete phool, bimbo, news freak would question ANYONE being armed in a war zone!

  2. If I was in Afghanistan . . . I’d have more than one firearm visible.

    At least one – in ANY combat zone. Or you’re simply a soft target.

    Grow up, CNN.

    Don’t hold your breath, Jonn.

  3. Like the old joke, “Why are you carrying a hand gun- expecting trouble?”

    “If I was expecting trouble I’d be carrying my rifle.”

    1. CNN. To ignorant to realize that police and sheriffs are civilians. In banana republics the local police are usually the military holding up the strongman.

  5. Only a pistol?

    I would have had a spring loaded folding knife, k-bar, pistol, rifle, multiple magazines, blow out kit, t-kit, ballistic vest, signal flares, smoke, fragmentation grenade, comms, 3 packs of smokes, 2 bottles of water and a pack of double bubble.

    But hey, what the hell do I know …

        1. 550 cord, 100mph tape, Swiss Army knife.

          Seriously, though. I had more practical use of my “champion” Swiss knife than any other field tool I ever carried. Paired with a decent sheath knife for heavy work, you are good to go. I can see the utility of the various “multi-tool” gadgets, but most seem rather heavy compared to a “champion” or the larger “swisschamp”.

          There is much to be said by “less is more” when it comes to weight.

          1. S.O.G.’s EOD model. Everything I need in a tool, plus blasting cap crimper. You just never know when a blasting cap needs a good crimp.

            1. I thought the corkscrew on my knife was useless, other than to hold a tiny eyeglass screwdriver.

              Drove up to the brigade CP on a field exercise at Ft. Irwin. Apparently, it was he CO’s birthday. Money line: “you cheap bastards finally buy a bottle with a cork, and no one brings a corkscrew!”

              COL Frazer was rather surprised when I provided one, and opened his birthday cheer for him. At his order, I got dibs on the ice cream (at 125F!) and told to pile it in the bowl until my arm got tired.

              Sweet.

    2. ” I have come to chew bubble gum and some kick ass, Im all outta bubble gum” Rowdy Roddy Piper ‘They Live’

  6. That makes sense to me, too.

    Is it our fault that CNN has reporters with brains the size of a pea, if that?

    1. I have a list of stuff, too, should I ever find myself in the depths of a desert:
      1 – good Army compass on a neck lanyard
      2 – 6 bottles of frozen water
      3 – birding binocs – small and compact, but powerful
      http://www.birdwatching-bliss.com/mini-binoculars.html
      4 – several packs of Slim Jims and beef jerky and a can of Spam
      5 – several magazines, such as Better Homes & Gardens, Playgirl, and Cosmopolitan (yes, I’m a Cosmo girl)
      6 – a Swiss Army knife
      7 – a folding mirror for signaling
      8 – Morse code book
      9 – matches in a waterproof container plus an unopened pack of Bic lighters
      10 – 3 small bottles of nail polish remover
      11 – one of those box cutter things
      12 – a small but sturdy axe
      13 – kleenex
      14 – extra pair of specs
      15 – extra large head scarf in bright pink
      16 – retractable steel pointer
      17 – extra woolen socks
      18 – extra hat with wide brim
      19 – cash money in small bills
      20 – sunscreen SP50
      21 – several packs of dental floos
      22 – solar charger for my cell phone

      1. And a deck of cards for rescue. Start a game of solitaire and pretty soon someone will come along and tell you that you can’t play the ten on the queen.

        1. Hey that’s what the computer says when I play the ten on a queen instead of the Jack. You must have the same computer that I have. Small World.

          1. You forgot the gallon can of relative bearing grease for the compass. Remember that east is east and west is west and your the gal that I love best.

      6. Ex-PH2, what were you Airforce with a load out like that? All you need is a K-bar and some bubble gum….

      8. Ex- I have 4 sets of binocs but here in Vermont I mostly use a pair of Minolta 8×21 compacts while hunting. They are very crisp and clear as well as fit in your shirt pocket small. They work well here but out west they run out of horse power on those long range trophy judging evaluating sessions. I have book marked the birdwatching website you posted as I like to feed birds in winter and put out nesting boxes . My grandkids enjoy seeing the birds a lot and I like having them around to eat bugs in the summer. I’me not sure I could haul the rest of your kit. Sounds like a load to me. Happy new year!

        1. i thought that was kind of a lightweight load, except for the six bottles of frozen water.

          After all, nail polish is flammable and if you’re lost you can set up a giant SOS with it, set fire to it, and someone flying overhead will report it to the mothership, which will promptly appear and bring you cookies and hot tea.

    2. yes it is, because we..as a nation…keep watching that pathetic excuse for a wart on the ass of humanity!

  7. I wonder if the ole’ SECNAV went through the official arming process for DOD Civilians prior to his jaunt to Afghanistan? You know, so he’s legal and all. Just thinking out loud is all…….

      1. It was part joke part serious.

        All DOD civilians, regardless of their military background or current “rank” are required to have an “Arming Packet” prior to carrying in the great country of Nastycrakistan. As per the GIRoA.

        DOD isn’t too bad, but arming contractors over here is a bit more tedious!

  9. Let.s see. SECNAV was a former Marine Helicopter pilot and as such a graduate of TBS. Obviously the CNN reporter has Turner Broadcasting System confused with The Basic School.

    Hell there are a lot of places in this country, I wouldn’t want to travel in without a sidearm.

    1. And unless he resigned his commission, he is still a commissioned officer in the Marine Corps, thus can be as armed as he fucking wants to be. He is not actually a civilian.

      Fuck the CNN retards.

  11. I am offended that she is offended.

    Noone but the US would so proudly showcase the mental misfits. Good thing that the adults simply do not care about her opinion.

  12. The first response to that tweet says, “Spencer may have been trying to impress the Marines pictured, who are not carrying weapons. Their expressions suggest how well he succeeded.”

    Right, because us military types, especially Marines, are famous for drooling out of our brainless smiles in the presence of our superiors, as if we were a bunch of civilizationally useless snowflakes getting indoctrinated by our over-the-hill hippie twat of a professor in a freshman seminar on the “Intersectionality of Sex Toys”.

    1. Whoever that “tweeter” was did not look at that photo very closely and more than likely wouldn’t know wtf they were looking at if it were pointed out to them.

    2. I read the responses after seeing your post. Not a lick of common sense from any of them. If I was a twit with a tweet account, I’d set them straight.

  15. Looks like it doesn’t take much to get the “reporters” at CNN all wee-wee’d up…

    FUCK. THEM.

  16. Well he is a former Marine Pilot and SERE trained, so I believe he can handle himself.

    The only issue I see is his PSD, they do not like it when the client or Asset has a weapon. I was on a JTF in Iraq as a Navy IA and the Joint Task Force had a Private Military Company that was our security and PSD force. They did not like the fact we had weapons sometime depending on leader engagement location and threat we had both M-4 and Pistol, they would brief us on contact and told us not to engage unless PPO told us to. We also did drills and what they called certification with them, so they could trust us, when shit went off and it did sometime.

    I would think NCIS who would have lead as PSD duty, would have done drills with him and he would also have to have clearance from RSO and DSS.

    2. If it was a pickadilly rail, then it was made in England with a mini player that played “It’s a Long way to Tipperary” when you hit the play button.

  18. Memo to Ms. Starr

    Re: Your question: Can someone explain why the civiilan head of the Navy is wearing a sidearm?

    Yes. He is an adult and you are not.

  20. Crazy with my POG job overseas I always had two plus a few blades
    I never toke any chances better alive then carried by six

    BHWHAHAHAHA !!!!!!!!!!!

  21. Also anyone on here will back me up on this the IP and the AP
    We’re never to be trusted every single one I ever crossed paths with we’re a piece of shit
    The Iraqi army people I worked with were very professional never a issue. But I still
    Never put my guard down

  23. The stupidity of CNN reporters never fails to amaze me!
    With all the insider attacks, I’m a little surprised SECNAV isn’t wearing full battle rattle with an M4! And I’m very confident that our SECNAV is well versed in how to use a firearm!

  24. Someone must have hit you over your head for making that comment and all you can see are starrs.

  25. She needs to spend more time trying to track down the love of her life, Basil St. John.

    (You older farts will catch that reference)

  27. Oh shirley not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!………………poor ole CNN, its panties in a wad at the drop of a hat
    Have we heard from Jake ‘it be my desire to continuously point out the sins of Trump and his merry brigands’
    Tapper yet?

  28. Waitaminnit. SecNav on the ground in the Middle East, proper attire? Check. Sidearm? Check. Now WHERE THE HELL IS HIS PT BELT?

  29. So, we are shocked, shocked, that people carry like GUNZ in a war zone! Who knew these obscene violations of NY state gun control laws were occurring in Afghanistan? Someone notify the NY state AG.

    1. I kept an M-14, M-16, M1911A1 and a Stevens 12 guage in the hootch. Oh, and I had a knife.
      The guy in the photo isn’t even sporting a flak vest. CNN outta rumage through some of there archives for war zone photos. How about Clinton under sniper fire?
      Strap a rod on her.

  30. “When in Indian Country, act like it”
    Other than a spare mag and a flashlight holster added to the drop panel.
    GTG.

  31. Your lack of objectivity is showing again CNN…

    Or, as my Southern grandparents-in-law would say…you’re showing your ass again.

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