No guns for Fort Jackson trainees after school bus hijacking
No guns for Fort Jackson trainees after school bus hijacking 2 hours ago Fort Jackson commander Brig. Gen. Milford Beagle speaks to reporters May 6, 2021, in Columbia, S.C., following the school bus hijacking. (Stephen Fastenau/The Post And Courier via AP) The Army’s largest basic training post paused weapons immersion training after one trainee escaped May 6 and hijacked a school bus with an unloaded M4 carbine, officials at Fort Jackson, in South Carolina, said Thursday evening. The pause “means simply that weapons are kept in the arms room unless they are needed for a specific tr...