I've checked live ammo, declared it at the counter to the airline agent and no problems. Of course, the quality of screening (people and luggage) varies widely from airport to airport. Family in my original story had already completed an international flight without any suspicion or questions, but the first U.S. airport they hit spotted something suspicious in the luggage and ran the whole bomb drill. The few times I've been pulled aside to witness a TSA search of my bags, they only had a positive once, when I showed my ID and explained what I did for a living, the supervisor 'OK'd' my bag and away I went. My point is that awareness, asking questions in advance, and being ready to provide an answer can go a long way towards a smooth trip, and in all the international traveling I've done, TSA seems to be far and away the most apt to over-react.
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean someone isn't trying to get you! Hendrik - don't forget your AFDB! -Max -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Greg Fiorentino Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 3:53 PM To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' Subject: Re: [MBZ] Army Combat Shirts - was Hendrik and Co coming to the USof A in June Hmmm...I think the risk is minimal of triggering sensors. I have carried live ammo in carry-on recently and had no problems. Perhaps the shells had residue of HE rather than "cordite" (an ancient form of gunpowder). I once attended a course for about a week at the FLETC. It rained a lot during the time I was there and I kept hearing "thunder" while I was in class. I later found out that it wasn't thunder at all, but the ATF class blowing stuff up right next to our classroom! Wouldn't you know that when we cleared TSA at JAX several classmates and I were "selected" to go through the puffer. I thought for sure that the puffer (which are infamous for finding a lot of false positives) would sense the explosives we had been around all week. Nope. Greg -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310 Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 9:56 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] Army Combat Shirts - was Hendrik and Co coming to the US of A in June Hendrik, The older shirts may still be around, but given the nature of the enemy our armed forces have become much more disciplined about the disposal of uniforms to prevent them from falling into enemy hands. If you find some, do get an official receipt 'just in case' questions are asked on your way back out of the country. I also recommend that you launder them well prior to packing; the scent of fresh cordite may be detected chemically and then Hendrik & Co get removed from an aircraft to answer questions by law enforcement, and at the very least you miss your flight. If you have any doubts, ask the U.S. airlines and they'll point you in the right direction. It may be easier to mail them home. My neighbor the airline pilot had a flight held at gate for 30 minutes until law enforcement showed up to remove an entire family who had a memento from their son (U.S. Air Force, old shell casing made into a unit decoration). Very inconvenient and embarrassing for all, each family member was removed in custody of two very large men and separated for questioning and had to convince the local bomb squad not to blow up their luggage, and in the end the memento was confiscated for destruction. -Max -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Hendrik & Fay Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 7:43 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hendrik and Co coming to the US of A in June My daughter Georgia says to say thanks, it is still relatively early in the planning stages, we are taking care of the basics first, like air tickets, documents, visas and accomodation for when we get to LaLa land. I guess that is the thing, some places should be getable to with public transport but other may require a hire car or taxi. We won't be bringing much in the way of clothes, that's what walmart is there for ;-) although I do want to try and get myself some more US army combat shirts, I have a couple of the older ones with the 3 pattern camouflage but they are getting a bit grubby (I wear then when I am working because I like the big 4 pockets on them and they are tough as leather and great in the hot weather) http://www.pmarmysurplus.com/html/bdu_shirts_3.html I guess most decent army surplus stores over there will have tons of them. Hendrik who is off to cook 200 snags for a fund raising barby, gotta get the cash to visit you lot :-) LarryT wrote: > Hi Hendrik - > Welcome to USA ! IMO riding a train is a great experience. But > your plans will still require a car/taxi/public transp. You lose a > lot of flexibility when traveling by trains are they just are not as > regular or frequent as they are in Europe. If it were me, I'd use the > train for long distances but plan on renting a car when you want to > visit museums and the other attractions you'd like to see. Having > the freedom to be on your own time table is invaluable. > > The weather in the parts of US you'll be visiting in June can vary > greatly so you may need to bring layers of clothing that can come off > when the temps go up. It's still early enough in the summer season to > have some cold surprises. > > The Gun shops await! Yu might consider Cabela's. www.cabelas.com has > a listing of all their stores - hopefully one will be near your route.... > > Congrats to your daughter! She played an obviously outstanding part > in helping the team win! ;-) Good luck on the travels and her > competitions. > > LarryT _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
