MIlitary And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 23, 2015

Daily Mail: Heavily armed vigilantes patrol military centers to 'stop another Chattanooga': Citizen groups are now guarding at least five across the U.S. as top general admits the bases should be armed

* Volunteers - many of them veterans - have taken to guarding military recruitment facilities all over the country, which are gun-free
* The protests are in response to the killing of five servicemen at a center in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on July 16
* Since the shootings Marines have been told to not wear uniforms at recruiting centers
* Gen. Mark Milley said Tuesday that soldiers at the centers should be allowed to carry guns under 'certain conditions'

Armed vigilantes - many brandishing semi-automatic weapons - are stationing themselves outside gun-free military recruiting centers all over the country, claiming they are protecting troops following the recent killing of five servicemen in Chattanooga.

A group of five volunteers began standing guard outside the U.S. Armed Forces Recruiting Station in Clebune this week calling themselves 'Operation Hero Guard', with one carrying an AR-15,

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 23, 2015

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