Kimberly Munley does not look as if she would be much of a match for a heavily armed US soldier on a murderous rampage. But the slightly built 34-year-old civilian officer was first on the scene after Major Nidal Malik Hasan began firing on comrades at Ford Hood in Texas as they prepared to deploy to Afghanistan and Iraq. The 39-year-old psychologist killed 13 and left 31 others with serious injuries.
On Thursday afternoon Ms Munley was doing her usual job of directing traffic on the sprawling base. By chance, she and her partner happened to walk past the Soldiers’ Readiness Processing Centre soon after Major Hasan — armed with two handguns — cornered his fellow soldiers. Soldiers who witnessed the rampage described the gunfire as continuous, methodical and well aimed.
Ms Munley succeeded in bringing him down by shooting him four times, even after being hit by a bullet that passed through both...
Scott, Perhaps the soldiers and others made the mistake of thinking they were "safe" on an American military base!!!
It would appear that in todays "multi-cultural" society guards with guns need to be posted everywhere people might gather together. EVEN on military bases.
Strange as it may sound, Scott, soldiers are not always allowed to carry weapons. A coworker once told me that while in the Army (in the Signals specialty, I think), he couldn't defend himself against a wild boar while on bivouac in Germany. He had to climb onto his vehicle & let it plunder his tent.
Maybe too many soldiers have accidentally shot themselves, or each other. Or else the Army is worried about fragging (which happened in Vietnam, at least). Remember, they make a point of recruiting hormonal 18 yr olds.
A slightly-built, middle-aged woman... this is on a military base... what were all the soldiers doing? They couldn't stop one man? What are they going to do in combat? I still haven't gotten a handle on what happened yet. Not to take anything away from the civilian for heroism.
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