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Originally Posted by crockett
That's a BS story by the DoD.. None of these vehicles had license plates which would be required if they are registered to private groups or people and yes they did have some sort of unit id/identification on their doors it just couldn't be read/identified in the blurry video.
That alone means it's extremely likely those were "active" military issued vehicles. It's illegal for any person or group to roam the highways in un-tagged/registered vehicles.
Also another issue is those Humvees had armored doors. Those doors/windows are very expensive and I've yet to ever see a Military Humvee sold that the armored doors were left on. Not saying it hasn't happened but I've never seen it. Almost always those doors are taken off before it's sold.
This leaves 2 options...
1) The DoD doesn't know what they are talking about and have not verified all facts to do research on what unit it was(likely) or they are lying (unlikely)
2) It was a private military contractor transporting them on the highway illegally or some rogue group who managed to buy armored Humvees and is driving them illegally..
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Good points!
The Navy is ivestigating now:
"But Neville and other experts noted that they were still fitted with ?SATCOM? and VHF antennas and fitted with ballistic glass. ?I would be extremely surprised if these were decommissioned,? he said.
Walsh said the Navy is investigating whether the trucks belonged to it based in part on a Reddit post that also observed that the equipment on the trucks would not be used by civilians."
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The Navy is investigating whether the mysterious convoy of military vehicles seen flying a Donald Trump flag Sunday in Louisville were, in fact, its trucks.
Lt. Mary Kate Walsh, a Navy spokeswoman at the Pentagon, said Tuesday that it would be ?strange for us to have Humvees? but that the Navy Facilities Engineering Command, which controls the motor pool, is investigating.
Leigh Neville, the author of the book ?Special Operations Patrol Vehicles ? Afghanistan and Iraq,? told the Courier-Journal in an email that the four trucks are ?ground mobility vehicles,? a variant of Humvees, and that they are assigned to special operations forces.
Neville, who lives in Sydney, Australia, said the vehicles could belong to the Air Force?s Special Operations Command but are more likely from the Navy SEALs or one of their Special Boat crewmen units.
The four trucks bear numbers that match up with those designated for Navy light trucks in a military guide known as ?Management of Civil Engineering Support Equipment.?
Jamie Davis, a Defense Department spokesman, told the Courier-Journal on Monday that he thought the vehicles were military surplus and privately owned.
But Neville and other experts noted that they were still fitted with ?SATCOM? and VHF antennas and fitted with ballistic glass. ?I would be extremely surprised if these were decommissioned,? he said.
Walsh said the Navy is investigating whether the trucks belonged to it based in part on a Reddit post that also observed that the equipment on the trucks would not be used by civilians.
Anchors astray? Navy looks into Trump-flag convoy