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Davis Winkie
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If yall know where to find the 100+ lost/stolen night-vision goggles from Fort Hood, give me a call. Or CID. Or maybe your attorney. Its really choose your own adventure at this point.
One hundred lost NVGs at Fort Hood triggers investigation
Fort Hood officials confirmed that more than 100 night-vision devices were missing.
armytimes.com
1:17 PM · Jul 16, 2021
Davis Winkie
@davis_winkie
If yall know where to find the 100+ lost/stolen night-vision goggles from Fort Hood, give me a call. Or CID. Or maybe your attorney. Its really choose your own adventure at this point.
One hundred lost NVGs at Fort Hood triggers investigation
Fort Hood officials confirmed that more than 100 night-vision devices were missing.
armytimes.com
1:17 PM · Jul 16, 2021
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2021/07/16/one-hundred-lost-nvgs-at-fort-hood-triggers-investigation/
Special agents from Fort Hoods CID detachment are investigating the potential theft of more than 100? missing night-vision devices, III Corps officials confirmed to Army Times.
Fort Hood is investigating missing Monocular Night Vision Devices from a maintenance facility at Fort Hood, Texas reported on July 12, said Maj. Marion Nederhoed, a III Corps spokesperson. Currently, the missing equipment has no immediate impact on unit readiness.
Night-vision goggles are considered extremely sensitive items throughout the military, and units will often lock down their perimeter and organize massive search parties for even one missing device.
The shocking quantity of missing devices first came to light through a post by U.S. Army W.T.F. Moments, a popular Facebook page focusing on Army culture.
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One hundred lost NVGs at Fort Hood triggers investigation (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Jul 2021
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Ilsa
(61,690 posts)1. I can't help but wonder if
someone sold or gave them to some Oaf Kreepers, planning for another insurrection.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)2. Fort Hood seems to be in the news quite a bit
And usually not for a good reason.
Response to Nevilledog (Original post)
Chin music This message was self-deleted by its author.
dalton99a
(81,406 posts)4. Somebody made $250,000
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2020/07/24/former-special-forces-property-book-officer-sentenced-for-stealing-43-nvgs/
Former Special Forces property book officer sentenced for stealing 43 NVGs
Kyle Rempfer
July 24, 2020
The NVGs were stolen between April and June 2018. Some of them were later sold to Stratton Mac Beaubien, the owner of Red Horse Military Surplus in Fayetteville, the town outside Fort Bragg, according to a criminal complaint.
Army CID agents honed in on Beaubien when they found an eBay user selling military equipment with some of the transactions tied to Beaubiens shop.
A search warrant was executed on Red Horse Military Surplus in late February 2019. Beaubien consented to a search of his cell phone by federal agents, revealing text messages from Allen offering to sell the NVGs for $2,500 each.
During their search of the Red Horse shop in February 2019, Army CID and Department of Homeland Security agents seized 13 of the 43 total NVGs removed from 3rd Groups property books a year prior.
The court records do not detail whether the rest of the NVGs were recovered. The devices are considered sensitive military equipment and labeled with serial numbers.
Former Special Forces property book officer sentenced for stealing 43 NVGs
Kyle Rempfer
July 24, 2020
The NVGs were stolen between April and June 2018. Some of them were later sold to Stratton Mac Beaubien, the owner of Red Horse Military Surplus in Fayetteville, the town outside Fort Bragg, according to a criminal complaint.
Army CID agents honed in on Beaubien when they found an eBay user selling military equipment with some of the transactions tied to Beaubiens shop.
A search warrant was executed on Red Horse Military Surplus in late February 2019. Beaubien consented to a search of his cell phone by federal agents, revealing text messages from Allen offering to sell the NVGs for $2,500 each.
During their search of the Red Horse shop in February 2019, Army CID and Department of Homeland Security agents seized 13 of the 43 total NVGs removed from 3rd Groups property books a year prior.
The court records do not detail whether the rest of the NVGs were recovered. The devices are considered sensitive military equipment and labeled with serial numbers.
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