From Stars & Stripes News...
Things havent always been so orderly.
On the first day of the Army security detail, workers fearing for their cash worked themselves into a frenzy. Some tried to scale the concertina wire, ending up cut and bloody.
Troops fired some warning shots, then they fired up the CD player, Cockman said.
"We started playing country music to calm the crowd", said Cockman 30, of Matthews, N.C. "Pretty soon, people were snapping their fingers."
Like Brinks guards in camouflage, the soldiers bring the cash to the bank every day in armored vehicles — either a Bradley or an M-113, Cockman said. At the end of the day, they take it with them to a secure location.
So far, troops have helped 6,000 North Oil Co. workers get paid, Cockman said. Troops will do the same for other companies when this detail is done.
"You kind of feel like you’re doing something nice, helping people get their money,” said Abraham, 24, of Redlands, Calif., “Maybe this will help the local economy."
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