Posted on 01/17/2013 4:12:50 PM PST by nickcarraway
Suspect had reported to nearby MCRD just three days earlier
Source: http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Man-Darts-Across-San-Diego-Airport-Runway-187287931.html#ixzz2IHTSRRCm
A U.S. Marine recruit faces felony and misdemeanor chargers for jumping over two barbed-wire fences and running on the tarmac of San Diego’s airport. San Diego harbor police got word from the Lindbergh Tower that a man had run on the tarmac by Gate 6 in Terminal 1 at 6:20 a.m. Thursday.
He attempted to hide in a service vehicle that belongs to the janitorial department.
"He had quite a few cuts on him and at the time that we found him he had actually taken his pants off so he was in his boxer shorts and his Marine Corps T-shirt," said Harbor Police Lt John Forsythe.
In aerials from NBC 7 San Diego news helicopter, the white van could be seen parked in front of a Southwest airliner connected to the gate. The vehicle was surrounded by airport maintenance vehicles.
Military police were called because the suspect was a 22-year-old Marine recruit from the nearby Marine Corps Recruit Depot. The unidentified man arrived to the training center from San Rafael Jan. 14 officials said.
"Everything we said to him it was: 'Yes sir! Yes sir! 'That was all he pretty much said to us," Forsythe said. "It took us a while to get his name and everything else like that."
Flights were not affected according to airport officials. The incident posed no threat to passengers or the public officials said.
But the breach of security was on a topic of conversation for many passengers inside the terminal.
"What are you running out there for?! What is calling you to the actual runway to make you want to go out there? And it's terrifying just knowing somebody would want to do that," said air traveler Mo Owens.
"I think that probably the security at the airport is very good," passenger Tom Solari said. "I feel comfortable. I'm not worried at all."
The suspect was transported to the Naval Medical Center San Diego in Balboa Park via ambulance with a military police vehicle following close behind.
The unidentified recruit reported to MCRD just three days ago and was in the initial processing phase. He had not begun recruit training military officials said. Refresh this page for new details in this developing story.
It has been almost 43 years now, but as I recall parts of the Marine boot camp were visible from the Navy side. This served as a sort of inspiration to me in that, no matter how bad it seems here at least I'm not over there.
Humidity really wasn't that bad. The sand fleas were what was horrible.
Apparently not good Marine material. At least he ran before more taxpayer money was wasted on him.
Anyone who's been to boot camp remembers the great lengths that some people took cuz they had a change of heart.
That was one of our boot camp legends back in '68.
Thanx sent my son
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The guy I’m talking about actually was assigned to our platoon for a day, no legend. It was funny watching him get his backside ripped by our DI’s. We were near the end of the first phase, so they were on us every minute.
The legend when I first got to MCRD was the recruit who wrote home to his mother that the DI had punished another recruit by putting him in a Dempsey Dumpster and shot a flamethrower at him; that the mother had called her congressman and a big congressional investigation ensued.
Most of us didn’t believe that one.
Nothing wrong with that, everyone had a job to do.......
I went thru Army basic back in early 1969 and from all the conversations I've had with Marines entering at that time, the only difference in training was the personalities of our DI's.......Some were assholes and the others were real assholes.......and life at that time was a real bitch!
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