"GET DOWN ON THE GROUND"

EBEBRATT-Ed · December 2018

MYSELF AND ANOTHER PIPEFITTER WERE WORKING AT A NEARBY NATIONAL GUARD BASE A WEEK OR SO AGO. WERE IN A VERY SECURE AREA, TRUCKS SEARCHED, DRIVE THROUGH 3 GATES WITH ARMED GUARDS, TURN IN YOUR DRIVERS LICENSE, BACKROUND CHECKS & GET A SPECIAL BADGE YOU GET THE PICTURE. WE ARE WITHIN A FEW HUNDRED FEET OF THE ACTIVE JETS AND HANGERS. WE WERE TOLD TO STAY IN OR NEAR OUR WORK AREA AND NOT ROAM AROUND WHICH WE COMPLIED WITH. WE HAVE A CONSTANT ESCORT WITH US.

SO I AM WORKING IN THE MECH. ROOM & THE ESCORT IS WITH ME AND MY PARTNER GOES OUT TO HIS VAN FOR TOOLS ETC AND CLIMBS INSIDE HIS VAN SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING. UNBEKNOWNST TO HIM THE GUARD DECIDES TO CONDUCT AN "ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILL" IN THE AREA. GUNS WITH RUBBER BULLETTS.

THE "SHOOTER " RUNS UP BEHIND MY PARTNERS VAN TO HIDE. PARTNER DESN'T SEE HIM AS HE IS IN THE VAN. THEN THE "POLICE" COME AROUND THE CORNER AND SEEING THE "SHOOTER" START YELLING "GET DOWN ON THE GROUND", "GET DOWN ON THE GROUND" PARTNER IS SCARED SH-----S, THINKS THEY ARE YELLING AT HIM GETS OUT OF THE VAN AND LAYS DOWN IN PUDDLE OF WATERY ICE.

THE "SHOOTER" COMES OUT FROM BEHIND THE VAN AND SAYS"SORRRY, HE'S YELLING AT ME, NOT YOU"

HE CAME INTO THE MECH ROOM HIS FACE AS WHITE AS A SHEET. I HAD SOME SPARE CLOTHES IN MY VAN AND HE GOT CHANGED INTO DRY STUFF. CLOTHES HUNG ON THE BOILER TO DRY.