Wayward Paratroopers land in Prison yard!!

[CougarKing]

Oh well... ;D

(If this has already been posted before, Mods please put it in the proper thread, but I already searched under "Paratroopers in prison" and didn't find a previous thread on it.)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19764496/?GT1=10150

Wayward paratroopers land in prison
25 members of Colo. unit armed with guns, rubber bullets drift off course
The Associated Press
Updated: 3:31 p.m. PT July 14, 2007
CANON CITY, Colo. - A unit of 25 military paratroopers landed inside the perimeter of a state prison, but not to quell a riot or attempt some movie-script breakout. They just goofed.

The paratroopers, armed with exercise rifles that shoot rubber bullets, landed in a corn field outside the Fremont Correctional Institute early Thursday, Colorado Department of Corrections spokeswoman Katherine Sanguinetti said.

Guards escorted them off the grounds with no violence, she told the Rocky Mountain News.

Sanguinetti said she did not know which military unit was involved. She said an investigation is under way but it appears guards handled the inadvertent intrusion correctly.

The newspaper said the Army and Air Force denied knowledge of the episode. The Colorado National Guard did not return a call seeking comment.


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[Yrys]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19764496/

25 members of Colo. unit armed with guns, rubber bullets drift off course

CANON CITY, Colo. - A unit of 25 military paratroopers landed inside the perimeter of a state prison, but not to quell a riot or attempt some movie-script breakout. They just goofed.

The paratroopers, armed with exercise rifles that shoot rubber bullets, landed in a corn field outside the Fremont Correctional Institute early Thursday, Colorado Department of Corrections spokeswoman Katherine Sanguinetti said. Guards escorted them off the grounds with no violence, she told the Rocky Mountain News.
Sanguinetti said she did not know which military unit was involved. She said an investigation is under way but it appears guards handled the inadvertent intrusion correctly.

The newspaper said the Army and Air Force denied knowledge of the episode. The Colorado National Guard did not return a call seeking comment.

 

[CougarKing]

HA! I beat you to it Yrys- I already posted it at this earlier thread: http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/64159.0.html#new

Mods, merge please.

 

[Yrys]

Oups, sorry! Thanks CougarShark, I should resume my habit of research before post ...  :-[

 

[Trooper Hale]

That is simply awesome! You'd just have to laugh seeing those chaps drifting into the place

 

[Benny]

...and the next escape attempt consisting of shabbily put together parachutes and fatigues.