Like a Good Neighbor
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009All political commentary aside, this notice I found in our apartment’s shared laundry facilities could lead to an interesting discussion regarding the role of the military in American society. It reads:
Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base (JFTB) and 40th ID (M) would like to notify all of it’s surrounding neighbors that on Friday, July 31, 2009; our post will be celebrating a change of command ceremony, during this ceremony a battery salute will be initiated to signify the command of major General harrel. This salute entails the firing of 13 rounds (blanks) from a 105mm Howitzer. DO NOT BE ALARMED, there are controlled ordinances’ and are of no harm to the public. However, JFTB and 40th ID (M) felt obligated as good citizens and neighbors to notify the surrounding area of ths celebration and issue a sound warning.
While I am thankful for the “sound warning,” it is quite ironic when, in the middle of a densely populated community, a miltary training base – which includes the training of foot soldiers, flying of helicopters and planes at all hours of the night – seeks to be “good neighbors.”
In fact, all who support preemptive war should be forced to live in my apartment for a week, across the street from the JFTB.
