The "SOC" ramp at Pope AFB pretty well ran as it's own separate entity. They came and went (Mostly at night for "Real operations") and it was not uncommon to see some scruffy, dirty, long haired bearded "Foreign weapons" carrying civilian clothed individuals coming back. Funny thing, no one ever saw them getting ON a plane. Oh and not all the planes were "Made in the U.S.A".

When doing a flightline FOD check one night and finding some strangly marked ammo I was told "You did not see this". Sometimes you DO NOT ask questions, you just say yes sir and you carry on.