President George W Bush (43) was in the Pond to visit some community center in the NE part of town during his presidency. During the briefing, those of us patrol guys assigned to the perimeter were told by the Secret Service agent no one comes into the secure perimeter without the correct lapel pin.
So I was standing my post on the corner of the block. Here comes a nondescript Dodge minivan. I stop the van, and the driver and all the other men in the van were wearing dark blue or black BDUs. He shows me his Secret Service ID (I’d never seen a SS ID card before). I asked to see his lapel pin. He looks at me like “WTF, is this guy retarded”. I honestly felt like a dumbass. I was in a quandary. But it was made clear by the SS agent that no one gets in without showing their lapel pin.
So I apologized and told him the SS agent that briefed us said no one gets through without showing their lapel pin. The driver gets out, opens the back hatch and starts pulling out several rifle cases. Oh great, this is the counter sniper team. He digs through this container full of pins and shows me the pin of the day. I thank him. He loads up the minivan with the rifle cases that he had to pull out and goes on his way.
Lol. The solace I find is that he has a good story to tell in his retirement about the time he was in podunk Pond… haaaa
Apparently that agent should have been at the briefing!
Posted by: TacTom | July 25, 2022 at 05:36 AM
Hahahahaha! We've all been there.
Posted by: TheDisplacedLouisianaGuy | July 25, 2022 at 06:35 AM
Way to stand your ground Straight Pipe!
What an epic story. Thank you for sharing.
Posted by: Romans832 | July 25, 2022 at 08:15 AM