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I had several in my 23 years, but here are the top 3/4 ;Sun glasses: Believe it or not until the war in Iraq started you were not allowed to wear sunglasses in uniform. Unless you were a pilot in an aircraft or in a riding/driving a military vehicle. I had military issue prescription sunglasses and was still chewed out to many times to count. My most famous one was as a SFC mortar PSG at Ft. Campbell. My platoon had build a range for the short range training mortar round. This range was for the division to use and it would save money. It was July and the Chief of Staff for the division came out. Our battalion commander (BC)was happy and was escorting the Chief of Staff. The battalion commander was briefing the chief of staff and explaining all the hard work my platoon had done and the money it would save the division, when the chief of staff stopped him and wanted to know why I was wearing sunglasses. I said sir these are military prescription sunglasses. He then asked where are my clear military glasses? I said in my bag sir. He said get them on. He then said I have to another range to inspect ir something like that. My BC was clearly taken back and said great job Sgt. Waters after the chief of staff left. Put your glasses back on, I said sir I already was. Another 101st Assistant Chief of Staff by the name of Petraeus wanted to know why a soldier was wearing sunglasses in his vehicle while it was not moving. I heard him ask this on the radio. I could write a doctoral thesis on the times absurdity of not being able to wear sunglasses. The 101st was not the only division that had these rules.Camel Baks: When they first came out a lot of senior non-coms were against them. I saw the benefit and had my soldiers use them. When we went to NTC we were made the wear them under our BDU’s shirts as not to be seen. I know crazy right? Now I did agree with them wanting them to be be black or subdued green and not name brand tags showing. Hey I did bleed green as a lifer, but I also saw the benefit of my soldiers have access to a lot of cool water easier than reaching for a hot canteen.Not be allowed to wear any type of cold weather issued gear. This one is tricky as I do believe in being in uniform, but I also believe if it issued then you should be allowed to wear it. Now today I see a broad spectrum of cold weather clothing being worn but still hear stories.Edit 22 June 18. Can't believe this was not number 1. As a Bradley line company 1SG in Bosnia, during the Air War over Kosovo. I had troops in three different locations. One was MT Vis or Hill 450. This was the site of a lot famous battles in Bosnia, and had a trench line but I degriss.Well one day my CSM has his ruuner find me. It seems the Division CSM was mad my guys at the front gate had made him show his military ID to get into MT Vis. Now this was a Division policy. He even asked my guys do you know who I am. They said of course you are the Division CSM, and then said his name, CSM ….. He said then why do I need to show my ID. “Cause my 1SG said he would kick my ass if I let ANYONE on MT Vis without showing his or her ID.”The CSM then called my CSM. I looked at my CSM and said do u show your ID. He said of course. I said you damn right you do. I said I show mine. I then said just to be clear, the Division CSM instead of giving my guys a coin actually got mad for enforcing a Division policy. I then said “All animals are equal but some are more equal”. Form the book “Animal Farm”.So I said we are done right, because I am not going to call my guys up on Mt Vis or anyone of the three locations my guys are pulling guard duty are at unless you show me that the Division policy has been changed. I might put my guys in for a award. Which award has to go to Division to be signed by the Division commander, I said with a smile. For a second the CSM thought I was serious.I then drove up to Mt. Vis and told my guys good job. I told those 2 that made him show his ID they would be on the 1st pass list when we started getting them. I then asked the whole platoon again what would happen if I caught them not checking ID's of everyone. They shouted in unison, “you will kick our ass 1SG”. I smiled and said damn right and don't you forget it.

Under international law, UN authorised inspection missions need to request consent from a vessel’s flag state before a ship can be boarded for inspections in international waters.If there is no reply within four hours, this can be interpreted as “tacit consent”.Turkey slams 'unauthorized' German search of Libya-bound ship | DW | 23.11.2020A diplomatic spat erupted between Turkey and Germany on Monday after Ankara accused German troops of carrying out a search of a freighter as part of the EU's Irini mission to enforce the UN's Libya arms embargo.The Turkish Foreign Ministry said it had summoned the envoys to Ankara of Germany, the EU and Italy to protest the "unauthorized" operation."We protest this action, which was conducted without authority and with the use of force," the ministry said.ref Libya: why enforcing an arms embargo is so hardThe UN Security Council placed an arms embargo on Libya in February 2011 relating to the supply of arms and military equipment to and from Libya. Initially, the sanctions targeted the Gadaffi regime because of its brutal and systematic violations of the human rights of anti-government protesters.The sanctions regime has been amended three times since then, in July 2016 to authorise states to inspect vessels on the high seas off Libya’s coast believed to be in violation of the arms embargo and after the January 19th 2020 summit on the conflict in Libya ended with an agreement to more strictly enforce the UN arms embargo.From the start, there were challenges connected to the longstanding absence of a global enforcer that is capable, interested and willing to bring violators of the arms embargo to task.>> According to the statement, since May 4, when Operation IRINI started its activities after its establishment in March by a decision of the European Union, it has carried out patrols in the central Mediterranean, and conducted more than 1,000 transfers and 35 “friendly approaches” (consensual visits on board merchant ships) inspections of commercial vessels to verify their cargo.The operation monitored more than 16 ports and oil installations, and it also detected 25 airports and landing strips, and 120 flights that may carry military shipments back and forth to Libya.The authorization for inspections on the high seas is also linked to other resolutions, such as 2292 and 2146. The latter, which was renewed in March, aims to prevent the illegal import or export of oil to or from Libya.After a French naval vessel recently intercepted a tanker seeking to load up at the eastern port of Tobruk without permission from Tripoli, as part of the Irini operation, Russia called for a meeting of the Security Council to demand an explanation.Germany and France said at that session at the start of the week that Operation Irini was being carried out within the strict framework of the UN resolution.IRINI was established in implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2292 for the year 2016 and Resolution 2526 for the year 2020, regarding the arms embargo imposed on Libya.>> The European services that coordinate the EUNAVFOR “Irini” Operation had been alerted of the cargo ship Cirkin, accompanied by three Turkish frigates. The Italian commander of the European operational force ordered the Hellenic Navy’s frigate “Spetsai” that was sailing between Crete and Libya to approach the suspicious ship.At around 6 a.m. on June 10, the Hellenic Navy’s Sikorsky S-70B helicopter flew over the suspicious cargo ship and requested the crew’s cooperation to a VBSS (Vessel Boarding Search & Seizure) operation on the basis of the mandate of the Operation “Irini”. There was no response from the cargo ship to the repeated calls from the pilots of the Greek helicopter. A few minutes later, one of the three Turkish frigates responded that the ship was under the protection of the Turkish Republic.Thus, Turkish authorities refused the VBSS operation, indirectly confirming what the ship’s cargo really was. The frigate “Spetsai” was ordered to discreetly monitor the course of the cargo ship as it approached the shores of Libya.Apparently the Cirkin was transporting M60 battle tanks to Libya>>France suspended its participation in NATO's Libyan monitoring Operation Sea Guardian over a disputed incident involving Turkish warships.On July 1st , French La Fayette-class stealth frigate Courbet approached Cirkin, a cargo ship sailing under a Tanzanian flag, in waters near Libya for inspection as part of the international efforts to keep arms smugglers out of Libya.According to both French and Turkish militaries, the cargo ship was being escorted by Turkish warships. Ankara justified their presence by saying it was carrying medical supplies.As the French frigate moved in, the Turkish ships behaved in an aggressive manner, Paris alleged, illuminating Courbet at least three times with a targeting radar, a sign that a missile strike could follow soon.As the French Navy departed it was replaced by its German colleagues and the EU resorted to sanction the Cirkin’s owners Arvrasya Shipping as well as Kazakh cargo air operator Sigma Airlines and Jordanian maritime firm Med Wave Shipping.>> Germany deploys 250 soldiers for Libyan arms embargo mission (4 Aug 2020)A German frigate Hamburg carrying 250 Marines departed at the start of a five-month mission as part of the European Union efforts to enforce a United Nations embargo on the flow of weapons into war-torn Libya.On November 23, the Hamburg’s crew attempted to inspect a suspicious vessel, 200 km off the Libyan coast.A spokesman for Germany's Defense Ministry said that German marines had abseiled onto the vessel, the "Rosaline-A," from a helicopter after no response was received from Turkey to a request to carry out a search.The spokesman said the decision to search the vessel had been taken by the Irini mission command in Rome.Turkish officials said the "Rosaline-A" was transporting paint and humanitarian aid.Under international law, the Irini mission needs to request consent from a vessel’s flag state before a ship can be boarded for inspections. If there is no reply within four hours, this can be interpreted as “tacit consent,” the German Defense Ministry spokesman said, adding that was the case with the Turkish vessel.Only after German marines had already boarded the vessel and started their search did Turkish authorities react and say they did not agree with the inspection.“Until the interruption of the inspection, no prohibited goods could be found onboard this freighter,” Thiels said.It would have taken at least 24 hrs to inspect all of the "Rosaline-A" cargo :Turkey’s Shadow Arms DeliveriesFor example, a Bolivian-registered ship called the Haddad 1 was seized in September 2015 by the Greek coast guard while transporting a concealed arms shipment from Turkey to Libya. Two containers of 5,000 weapons produced by Torun Arms and 500,000 rounds of ammunition produced by Yava?çalar, two Turkish arms manufacturers, were found. Yava?çalar was taken over by arms dealer Latif Aral Ali, who is close to Erdogan. According to the UN panel of experts who investigated the incident. Turkish authorities tried to mislead on the facts of the shipment. Initially, the Turkish government claimed the arms were destined for Lebanon and the ammunition for the Sudanese police. However, an inspection revealed no evidence to support this claim but rather revealed contradictory evidence in the form of a nautical chart from the bridge and the cargo manifest, which indicated the shipment was bound for Misrata. The testimony of crew members also corroborated this account.This weapon smuggling attempt took place before the GNA government even existed and was probably intended for the jihadi militias supported by the Erdogan government.On May 1, 2017 a European Union military operation in the southern central Mediterranean then known as EUNAVFOR Med inspected the El Mukhtar in international waters off the coast of Libya. During the inspection, weapons, ammunition and associated materiel were discovered and subsequently seized. The explosives were manufactured in Turkey. According to footage, the boxes bore the label of Turkish manufacturer Kapeks Üretim Patlay Maddeler Ticaret Limited ?irketi, which is based in Ankara. Kapeks’ CEO is Hakay Kaya, who had worked for Orica-Nitro as operations manager and is now the owner of chemical and engineering firm HTD Kimya ve Mühendislik.In May 2019, Moldavian flagged Amazon unloaded Turkish BMC armoured vehicles, Roketsan missiles and various ammunition in Tripoli.London, Feb. 20, 2020 Authorities in northern Italy have arrested the captain of MV Bana, a Lebanese-flagged cargo ship on suspicion of international arms trafficking Wednesday while they investigate if the vessel transported tanks, rockets and other weapons from Turkey to Libya.The captain is under investigation for allegedly transferring military goods to Libya with as-yet unidentified Turkish military officials in violation of a United Nations arms embargo, Italian prosecutor Franceso Pinto told The Associated Press.Closer Look At Turkish Equipment And Weapon Deliveries To LibyaNote.Article 1, Clause 4 of the December 2015 Skhirat Agreement (also known as the Libya Political Agreement) states: “The term of the Government of National Accord shall be one year as of the date of granting it a vote of confidence by the House of Representatives.” Article 3 states again that the GNA needs a vote of confidence of the HoR. As none of these events have ever happened, the legal basis of the GNA in international law remains uncertain. That said, all Western and most international and regional governments considered the GNA (from March 2016 to the time of publication) as “the sovereign government of the State of Libya” and in U.N. resolutions and official Western government legislation and communiques it is referred to as the “the International-Recognized Government.” Many in Libya and abroad disagree with the U.N. and international community’s approach to the GNA from a legal and legitimacy perspective.

Oh boy, I know exactly how to answer this one! I think I'm going to retell a story that once happened to me, and made the rounds on the Internet long ago:This ... is going to be a long one. And believe it or not, it's a 100% true story.It all started when I got out of my seat to go to the bathroom. I went to the bathroom, washed my hands, and returned to my seat. A little while later the two stewardesses on the flight crossed each other in the aisle. They had a quick conversation that I was in earshot of."I locked off the front lav. There's something in the toilet that's preventing it from flushing. Run some water and see if you can clear it." My face immediately turned red. The seat cover! I thought. It must have been too big to flush! I should have thrown it out!I was so embarrassed. I tried to act normal ... I took a sudden interest in the contents of the seat pocket in front of me, acted nonchalant and all. I watched as the stewardess got on her hands and knees in the lavatory and did unfathomable dirty work.Sometime later, I decided it would be best if I forgot the whole thing happened, so I went to put on my headphones and drown myself in iPod music. But ... no iPod. I panicked, checked my other pockets. Where was it? Not under the seat, not in the pockets, not ... anywhere. I looked up to the stewardesses. One of them had run past me in a decent clip. She was carrying a green handbook. She brought it to the other stewardess. They flipped through the handbook, read a page, then made a call. The other stewardess had retrieved a blue metal box and was removing some equipment from it.I put two and two together. I knew what had happened.So I walked up to the stewardesses, both clamoring over the handbook, and tapped one on the shoulder."So, I had an iPod before I went to the bathroom, and now I don't. I think I know what's in the toilet."We had a quick conversation. I told them, "You don't have to call the TSA or anything, it's just my iPod." They said, "Oh, but we already did."So now I'm starting to realize that this is turning into a big problem. They offer their condolences, tell me that it's unfortunate, and I take a seat. Okay. So far, not so bad. I return to my seat and spend the rest of the flight trying to act normal.That is, right up until the pilot comes over the intercom."Folks, this is the captain. I don't want to alarm you, but we've found a suspicious device in the front lavatory. Now, we think it's probably nothing, but in this day and age ... you can never be too careful. We'll be landing at Ottawa, where we will await further instructions."The cabin erupted with commotion. At that very moment, my face fell into my hands. What have I done?We landed at Ottawa, and we were taxiing to the gate. Without warning, the airplane then lurched to a sudden halt."Folks, this is the captain. We've been ordered to make an immediate stop. Buses are coming to evacuate the aircraft." We were to leave all of our belongings on the aircraft; we would be shuttled by bus to the terminal, where we would receive our carryon items.My face fell deeper into my hands. Next came the waiting. Waiting and listening to more worry and commotion. A lot of us wondered if we could bring cell phones, wallets, passports, or customs forms with us. The stewardesses didn't have any answers; they had never been through this before.On the one hand, if I brought a cell phone, wallet, etc. etc., and they confiscated it, I would have to hunt and peck for it separately from my carryon luggage. But if I stuck all of that stuff in my carryon luggage, I would only have to find one bag when we clamored for our stuff in the future. I decided the smart thing to do was to stick everything in my carryon. But, I kept my wallet, because I knew I was in big trouble at this point.It took them 45 minutes to round up not just a bus and air-stairs, but an army of police and customs vehicles. One of the stewardesses took me aside and whispered to me. "Get off the plane last, and talk to the constable."So I did. I exited the plane last, and spoke to the Ottawa police officer waiting at the air-stairs. I told him that the device was my iPod, and he took down my license number.I continued to the bus. After a brief wait, it did NOT take us to the terminal. It took us to some industrial facility, where they housed utility vehicles. There, in the open garage, we were instructed to sit and wait. And wait we did ... another 30 minutes or so.This was possibly the worst part ... While we were waiting I got to overhear the passengers talking about me. Well, they didn't know it was me, but they knew someone had dropped an iPod in the toilet, and they made aaallll sorts of assumptions about this person."Why didn't he have it on a clip? He could have clipped it to his damn pants." Or, "Why didn't he tell the stewardesses? Why is he hiding it from them and making us go through this?"I could have corrected them. I could have told them that it WAS on a clip and I DID tell the stewardesses. In fact, it was a lot of self-restraint to just keep my mouth shut and not make things worse.By this time the sense of guilt had left me. This wasn't my fault. Anyone could have dropped his stupid iPod in the toilet. It's really the government here. I mean, at this point the building contained six customs officials, an army of policemen, people from various security agencies, a bomb squad, and a couple of detectives. No one was doing anything. No one was taking charge. *I* didn't create this mess.The whole time, the officers were watching me. They had told me to keep in sight of them at all times.Finally, five or six customs officers set up a table and made an announcement. "We will be interviewing each of you one by one. Please form a line. Before we have our chat, make sure you have your ID, passport, and customs information with you."One person asked, "What if that stuff is still on the plane?" The customs official responded, "Then we will have a more formal chat."I got in line with the rest of the people, but shortly thereafter two police officers took me out of line. "Come with us."They took me to a discreet corner. They brought out a tape recorder. I was told to put my hands up on the wall and spread my legs, and I was frisked from head to toe. They removed my wallet, disassembled it completely, and placed each of its contents in its own plastic evidence bag."Now Tim, for the sake of the tape recorder, I want you to state your full name and address." I did. "Now, each of us will state our name and position into the tape recorder." There were two detectives from the police department, a detective from Customs, and two members of the bomb squad.Then started the questions. They were easy at first. They asked me where I lived. What do I do for a living? Why am I unemployed? How come it's taken me 4 months to find a job?They asked me why I was visiting Canada. I was to visit a friend I met on World of Warcraft, Cara. They took down her name and what I could remember of her address. They asked me how we met."In an online game.""What online game?""Umm ... World of Warcraft," I responded meekly."What kind of game is this?""It's a fantasy game ... it takes place online.""Fantasy ... like it's got wizards and warlocks?""Well, it's got warlocks." (And they need to be nerfed.)They asked me to describe my relation to Cara. I told them that people meet up in the game and go on adventures together, and that Cara and I were in a guild together that I was the leader of. They confused the concept of a guild with the game, however, and I had them believing that I was the Lord and Leader of all of WoW until I was able to correct them, and explain to them what a guild was.So, when they put the pieces together; namely, that I was visiting a female person that I had met over a computer game, their next line of questioning went down an obvious path."So you and Cara are friends?""Yes.""How long have you known her?""About 5 months I think? Maybe less.""Do you have a romantic relationship with Cara?""No.""Do you want a romantic relationship with Cara?""No.""OK, so ... if you and Cara were drunk together, and she turned to you and said, 'Tim, let's go--'"I interrupted him. "Excuse me ... what's the point of these questions?" The detective hardened. "Let me make things clear. I ask questions. You answer them. Do we have an understanding?""Yes." I paused. "I just don't see how this is relevant."He spoke right in my face. "I've got 5 good men going into that airplane right now. Five of my best bomb squad guys. If there is any reason that I should be concerned for their life, then I need to know now. So just answer the questions, and do as I say."Now the questions became really pointed. What do you think about 9/11? What are your views on the Iran issue? Do you think government is too big, too powerful? Would you ever "make a point?"He asked me if I knew how to make a bomb. "I have a degree in physics, and I'm not an idiot." Of course I knew how to make a bomb -- what kind of question is that?? The better question is, WOULD I make a bomb? The answer is no.They tried to trap me with some of their questions. I noticed they would try to get me to contradict myself. Like, I had earlier mentioned that I had never met Cara in real life, so they would later nonchalantly ask me when I had last seen Cara. Stuff like that.He told me there was a similar bomb scare in LA today. He asked me if I was connected with it. He asked me if I was connected to the "liquid" thing from Britain.Finally, he was done. He and the two bomb squad guys left. The customs lady followed up with more prying personal questions. She asked me more about Cara, how I got to know her, how we interact, etc.The interviewers would periodically withdraw to talk about me in French, then return with followup questions. I was picked apart by these questions. They wanted to know how I could pay for my ticket, being unemployed, and what my motivations for visiting Cara were. They had me on the defensive the whole time.She had finished her interview and I was then returned to the garage where they were questioning everyone else on the plane, one by one. I waited for another hour or so as the bomb squad did their thing (I assume). Eventually, they loaded everyone up on the bus to take them to retrieve their stuff. Except me -- I and two others were to be inspected by Customs.They took my photo, asked me to wait in the cold for 30 minutes, and then escorted me to a red van. Along the way I passed the detective who had first interviewed me. He was carrying a green paper bag. He called me over."I just got it back from the bomb squad. It's an iPod. Do you want it back?""It's been in the toilet.""Yeah, it's messy." Then he walked right up to my ear. "Tim, you're not in any trouble anymore. Nothing you say now is going to be on record. I want you to answer a question honestly, just for me, not for my agency.""OK?"He whispered into my ear. "Did you ... did you take a dump, and then drop your iPod in the toilet on accident?""No!" I yelled a little too loudly. "Like I said ... I didn't notice it was missing until after!""OK, OK. I believe you. You did great, Tim."I got my wallet back and was escorted by police to the van. I waited some more on this van, and finally it took me to a harmless immigration office. I waited some more there, the whole time being watched and followed by police officers. Finally, they escorted me to the baggage claim to fetch my stuff, and took me to a very private room with some bomb-screening equipment and tinted mirrors for windows.It was me and a gruff, humorless customs official. He unpacked my luggage entirely, ran the contents of my wallet through a bomb sweep, and carefully examined all of my belongings. He then asked me to turn on my laptop. I did, and he began using it. I saw him open Spotlight and begin searching."Do you connect to the Internet on this laptop?""Yes.""Have you downloaded any images?""Huh? What do you mean?""Do you have any pornography?""No."I waited in total silence for about 10 minutes as he kept searching and searching, until I finally asked him, "What are you looking for?""Contraband," he said without looking up at me."Such as?""Child pornography, hate propaganda.""Child porn I can understand, that's illegal. But hate propaganda is protected speech."Now he looked up. "What country do you think you're in?""Oh, it's illegal in Canada?""I honestly don't know. But that doesn't matter. I get to decide what goes in this country. Do you have a problem with that?"I paused for a long time while I thought about what I should say to this. "Yes.""Yes, you do have a problem?""Yes, I do. If it's illegal in Canada I'll understand, but saying 'I don't want it in my country' isn't good enough when you're a government official."Now he was pissed. "Don't fool around with me. I'm sure you want this to end as much as I do. So I will ask you questions, and you will answer. Do you understand?"Another long pause while I thought. "Yes, I do."He continued his exhaustive audit of my computer's contents, then returned it to me. We waited for a Customs escort, who showed me out of the room and back to the terminal. There they left me without saying a word, and I was free to go.I found Cara and Andy, and my vacation in Canada began.