My mother tried to fly out on Dec 15th from Baltimore to Tennessee. Only some of the regular ticketed passengers could board because of 80-100 soldiers needing to take their place. She said many of them had long gun cases that were being checked as well. Regular troops don’t fly with firearms. I should know, I took many commercial flights when I was in the military but never issued a firearm before I flew anywhere. She had to fly out the next day instead.

My mother tried to fly out on Dec 23rd from Baltimore to Tennessee. Only some of the regular ticketed passengers could board because of 80-100 soldiers needing to take their place. She said many of them had long gun cases that were being checked as well. Regular troops don’t fly with firearms. I should know, I took many commercial flights when I was in the military but never issued a firearm before I flew anywhere. She had to fly out the next day instead.