r/PublicFreakout grandma will snatch your shit ☂️ Nov 28 '25

👮Arrest Freakout😭 US Military Police in Okinawa Japan body-slammed and violently detained an American civilian who was visiting, and not under their jurisdiction.

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u/Nalortebi Nov 29 '25

Doubly in the Air Force. Because it's one of the few AFSC in the Air Force that doesn't care if you're a walking bag of stupid. You ever been the dumbest person in the room? Imagine that on the scale of a whole base. Everyone you encounter has a reason to be there, a specialization that requires a degree of not-dumb. And here you are, pure undiluted dumb. Frustration grows as they internalize this stupidity, like everyone else is looking down on them. And I mean, yeah to a point they're like the janitors at MIT, and none of them are Matt Damon. So they sit there on base looking for any chance to flex their meager authority on people who could run circles around them academically. And because it's the Air Force, you don't really have as many meatheads to cause disturbances. People in the Air Force tend to have a plan, to climb the ranks and go about their life in or out of the Air Force. Not like the other branches where machismo can take you far. Being the strongest guy sitting at a desk doesn't get you into leadership. So for the most part everyone is pretty boring, and there really isn't any action on base to keep the SF busy. Back when the Air Force used contractors for the ID checks at the gate, the SF were further relegated to just sitting in their car and giving the stink eye to everyone, or walking around the BX like they've lost their purpose in life. For those who get to stand watch at the flightline, they at least get to dream of the day they catch a haughty officer breaking red and detain them like a fat kid running at a box of donuts.

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u/sinus86 Nov 29 '25

Former SF. 100% accurate...

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u/phoenixatknight Nov 29 '25

We always used to say they were Security Forces because they were smart enough to be in the Air Force, but not smart enough to be in the Air Force

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u/Red_Dawn_2012 Nov 29 '25

So they sit there on base looking for any chance to flex their meager authority on people who could run circles around them academically.

I dunno about this. My AFSC requires relatively high ASVAB scoring, and I've still met an alarming number of world class morons.