Delta Airlines charges soldiers returning to Fort Polk from Afghanistan for extra bags

[BuckSkin]

There's got to be more to this story than meets the eye. No one should be carrying these weapons through a domestic airport. I'm baffled, under no circumstance should "one Staff Sergeant" be expected to transport weapons. As mlmdub130 said it's all shipped back in a shipping container. Mind numbing. If the other Soldiers have orders authorizing the shipment of 4 bags, all they need to do is claim the cost on a travel voucher and each will be reimbursed.

[Alvin Walton]

Originally Posted by BuckSkin

There's got to be more to this story than meets the eye. No one should be carrying these weapons through a domestic airport. I'm baffled, under no circumstance should "one Staff Sergeant" be expected to transport weapons. As mlmdub130 said it's all shipped back in a shipping container. Mind numbing. If the other Soldiers have orders authorizing the shipment of 4 bags, all they need to do is claim the cost on a travel voucher and each will be reimbursed.

Yea, I smell some bullshit.
Why are individual soldiers transporting weapons back from the front on airliners when we have a massive military airlift and shipping fleet?