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Someone has some ‘splaining to do. The Army has launched an investigation into the whereabouts of a D.C. National Guard unit rifle that disappeared during training in Virginia three weeks ago. People familiar with the probe say that an M4 rifle and scope was lost mid-March, while members of the quick reaction force detailed to protect the Capitol were training at Fort A.P. Hill.<\/p>\n
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A misplaced or unaccounted-for weapon is a major security risk, Guard members said.<\/em> The Army has dispatched its in-house criminal investigative arm to probe the potential theft of a rifle from the D.C. National Guard while the unit was training in Virginia three weeks ago, an Army spokesperson confirmed on Thursday.<\/p>\n The M4 rifle and its scope went missing around March 11, according to two people familiar with the investigation, as members of a quick reaction force that was formed to protect the U.S. Capitol were training at a weapons range at Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia.<\/p>\n A misplaced or unaccounted-for rifle is a major security risk, Guard members said, especially due to the current mission of securing the Capitol after a mob of insurrectionists breached the building on Jan. 6. The nation\u2019s capital remains on high alert nearly three months after the attack, amid continued warnings about potential extremist threats to the area.<\/p>\n The Army\u2019s Criminal Investigation Command notified the D.C. National Guard of its investigation on Tuesday, and those who were at the range on March 11 gave their statements to investigators on Thursday, one of the people said. They filled out nearly a dozen pages worth of questions about their whereabouts and recollections. Chris Grey, a spokesperson for the Army Criminal Investigation Command, confirmed that the command is investigating the missing rifle.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n The Defense Department does not take such incidents lightly. A commander and sergeant major were fired last year after their infantry battalion lost two rifles during a training exercise in December 2019 at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service was still investigating the missing rifles a year later.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Not exactly a career enhancing move. Read the entire article here: Politico<\/a>
\nBy NATASHA BERTRAND, ANDREW DESIDERIO and LARA SELIGMAN<\/strong><\/p>\n
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