Jul 16 2007
The Military Provides
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…entertainment that is:
CANON CITY, Colo. - A unit of 25 military paratroopers landed inside the perimeter of a state prison, but not to quell a riot or attempt some movie-script breakout. They just goofed.
The paratroopers, armed with exercise rifles that shoot rubber bullets, landed in a corn field outside the Fremont Correctional Institute early Thursday, Colorado Department of Corrections spokeswoman Katherine Sanguinetti said.
Guards escorted them off the grounds with no violence, she told the Rocky Mountain News.
Sanguinetti said she did not know which military unit was involved. She said an investigation is under way but it appears guards handled the inadvertent intrusion correctly.
The newspaper said the Army and Air Force denied knowledge of the episode. The Colorado National Guard did not return a call seeking comment.
The fact that no one was willing to return calls from the National Guard means one of two things, the big cheeses are kicking it on the sands of their Orlando vacation home while their subordinates work their tails off, or they’re the guilty party and are trying to get their stories straight.
