I won't tell you when but once a week they test the alarms. They used to do it the same day at the same time but I think that they finally realized during the rocket attack alarm would be a good time for a real attack. I'm just saying. If the Taliban reads this, it is a TERRIBLE idea.
I had lunch with Bill, the new PA at another dfac and we took a drive around the base. As we got out of the car the " mass casualty alarm" was going off. I said that that is the alarm that we never want to hear for real. When we walked into the clinic we were told that it was not a test. Of course after awhile, rumors started flying. None of which turned out to be true. I wouldn't let anyone leave the clinic and turned on our emergency radio. I didn't hear anything. So we waited and waited. We have been told that they don't want people showing up at the Role 3 but it was all I could do not to go screaming down there. After 4 hours I couldn't stand it and snuck down there. Not much going on. I went to the control center and was told that it was a mistake. They forgot to announce that it was a drill and that they had received 70 calls about it. "Next time just call us," the officer in charge said. But you guys said not to both....Oh never mind.
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