Army Chief of Staff Opposes Private Weapons for Protection on U.S. Military Installations

“I’ve been around guns all my life. I know how to use them, and arming our people on our military bases and allowing them to carry concealed, privately owned weapons — I do not recommend that as a force protection,” Army Chief of Staff General Mark Milley told Congress on Thursday.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) asked Milley what the Army is doing to provide force protection at military bases and facilities in the United States, following last summer’s attack on a Marine recruiting center and a Navy Reserve facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee, that killed four Marines and one sailor.

Milley noted that Defense Department policy does not allow military personnel to carry concealed, privately owned weapons on military bases. “I do not recommend that it be changed,” he added.

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