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[*] posted on 2-24-2010 at 08:22 PM


How true!
Three years ago I was in the Marine base at Quantico, VA. (U.S.A.) on business.
I took some photos of some historic buildings as well as some statues.
Just as I was leaving the base, the MP's busted me and held me for 5 hours of interrogations, and downloading of all my digital photos on their computers. Made me miss my plane back to CA.



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It's not really that strange - most countries have similar policies regarding photos of military personel & installations. Try the same with US border guards & their response will likely not be so patient and polite.




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[*] posted on 2-25-2010 at 08:19 PM


I did the same thing at a checkpoint last Monday, the guy in charge just shook his finger at me and said no more, I wasn't even taking pics of the soldiers, just the truck with all the junk piled on it. Guess we got lucky, they didn't ask me to delete the pics just waved us on through, mighta been because my husband made a comment "Damn Touristas".

Never even thought about it but after reading the comments, I guess even the soldiers need to worry about their safety.

Lots of military inspections going North this last trip, after every toll booth, which didn't make the toll operators happy.
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[*] posted on 2-26-2010 at 06:08 AM


Some of these soldiers are inscripted from isolated places and can have indigenous roots and they may have spiritual reasons for not wanting their picture taken by anybody and everybody. There are some within the culture that think the camera is capable of taking away the soul.
Anyway, how would you feel if people just came up to you and started taking your picture. It's always best to first ask.

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[*] posted on 2-26-2010 at 06:37 AM


A sidenote to my post above.............Years back, when the military in Mexico's job was easier, mainly to protect the president, the draft was the means to fill the ranks. Still is.
The better-off citizens had ways of fulfilling their military obligation by making well-placed phone calls or paying substitutes to take their place. School deferments are also popular. It's just like the US used to be in many ways.
Anyway, inscriptions were a way of life in the indigenous and poorer areas. They had no deferments and very little sophistication.
The military found out that when a man was pressed into service and ordered to report to the local garrison, he would sooner or later just leave and go home. His life was his villiage and his family. The military picture made no sense to him.
Consequently, the inscriptee would be sent as far away from home as possible to do his tour of duty and discourage him from walking away.
I don't know if these circumstances are the same today, but there are a lot of front line faces that reflect indigenous blood.

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