Gate 3 0700, WTH?
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So it's like any other gate at 0700? Sometimes with Gate 2 it feels like only 2-3 cars can get through in a cycle. :shrug:
glhs837
Power with Control
Not sure, had been my experience that it was worst (backed up about 3/4 of the way to 235, about 640. One reason I started coming in the gate around 655-0700. Figure the 645 mess was folks who had to be in by 0700. And it wouldn't pack up again til 715 or so, as the 0730 crowd rolled in. It's been the case recently that at 0700, the stack has been back to Mary Lynn or Janet roads, or about 1/3rd of the stack these past two days.
bulldog
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Maybe, just maybe the security forces were responding to an incident elsewhere on the base and had to pull manpower from the gate(s).
No, that's certainly not it. It has to be because they can't figure out how to do their job.
CrashTest
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Maybe, just maybe the security forces were responding to an incident elsewhere on the base and had to pull manpower from the gate(s).
No, that's certainly not it. It has to be because they can't figure out how to do their job.
Either way, just fanning the flames of BRAC.
bulldog
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Yes, for several weeks now.
lucky_bee
RBF expert
we're in Bravo.
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Hodr
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Must have missed the news articles about ISIS threats to specific military installations and personnel. Or the several e-mails from the base CO detailing the need for heightened security.
glhs837
Power with Control
Ah, no, didn't miss those, nor being in Bravo, both of which circumstances have obtained for a while now. Last week and the week before, not like this. So these last two days, not connected to those things, not directly anyway. Last time this gate got that bad, it was when they were down manning during the holidays, and all the Gate 2 and Gate 1 peeps were coming down clogging up my gate
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Hodr
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Ah, no, didn't miss those, nor being in Bravo, both of which circumstances have obtained for a while now. Last week and the week before, not like this. So these last two days, not connected to those things, not directly anyway. Last time this gate got that bad, it was when they were down manning during the holidays, and all the Gate 2 and Gate 1 peeps were coming down clogging up my gate
glhs837-
I was referring to the ID checks at the PX/Commissary (the quoted text from my post), not specifically the gate issues.
I assume they randomly pick a gate/line to screw with on a daily basis just to help alleviate their boredom.
Maybe, just maybe the security forces were responding to an incident elsewhere on the base and had to pull manpower from the gate(s).
No, that's certainly not it. It has to be because they can't figure out how to do their job.
I don't think they pull people off the gate, it's simply volume. My guess is because of the weather (lack of sun) people were running maybe a little late which caused more traffic at 0700 than normal.
If anyone randomly screws with the public it's MD SHA. I think they've played with the timing on the lights on 235.
CrashTest
Well-Known Member
Impossible. Navy leadership and Civilian leadership are constantly telling us how they work hand in hand to keep things running smoothly.
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Hodr
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I know for a fact they screw with the timing on Pegg/235. Most morning you have around 5 second green, then 3 or so seconds of yellow for the Pegg rd. traffic. A couple of times a month they literally have a 1 second green and a 2-3 second yellow.
So on a normal day we can get 5-8 cars through per lane per light cycle, when they mess with it we literally get 1 or 2 cars.
more likely how to screw over the workforce to ensure their next promotion
BOP
Well-Known Member
It's because of the rainy weather. Ban rain!
If you can't ban it, tax it! Oh, wait...this is the people's republic of maryland...
Every lane should have at least 2 sentries checking IDs. How many extra man hours are we talking here? A lot less than the people that start counting their hours when they hit gate traffic. I know those people are unethical but even doubling sentries during rush hour is a very small drop in the bucket compared to the morale boost alone.