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Shar · 08-16-2007, 12:44

I don't know how having keys or specific types of locks work at basic and my husband isn't home to ask him - BUT I do know this...

We used a padlock to secure a storage unit here on Ft. Huachuca when we first got here a few years ago for OBC after my husband graduated from OCS. It held all of his issued gear (he'd gone straight from Basic to OCS so it literally held his entire Army inventory) and everything we'd loaded in the car while we were looking for an apartment. It took one night for someone to break into it. The storage unit manager said that any time anyone uses a padlock that storage unit gets broken into immediately because they are really easy to break by hitting them at the right angle with a SHOE or hammer. We would have appreciated that information a day earlier since we had to replace all his issued gear and renters insurance only covers up to $300 or something.

If you can (and someone else will have to answer this) bring a lock that you have to use a key to get into - not a padlock. We were sort of dumb and naive and didn't think anyone in the Army would rip us off.

ETA: On written things... my husband's Drill SGT's made them write letters on Sundays. He hadn't brought stationary so he had to go to the PX and buy some high speed Army stuff. Nice!

08-16-2007, 12:44	#3
Shar Guerrilla Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC area Posts: 381	on locks I don't know how having keys or specific types of locks work at basic and my husband isn't home to ask him - BUT I do know this... We used a padlock to secure a storage unit here on Ft. Huachuca when we first got here a few years ago for OBC after my husband graduated from OCS. It held all of his issued gear (he'd gone straight from Basic to OCS so it literally held his entire Army inventory) and everything we'd loaded in the car while we were looking for an apartment. It took one night for someone to break into it. The storage unit manager said that any time anyone uses a padlock that storage unit gets broken into immediately because they are really easy to break by hitting them at the right angle with a SHOE or hammer. We would have appreciated that information a day earlier since we had to replace all his issued gear and renters insurance only covers up to $300 or something. If you can (and someone else will have to answer this) bring a lock that you have to use a key to get into - not a padlock. We were sort of dumb and naive and didn't think anyone in the Army would rip us off. ETA: On written things... my husband's Drill SGT's made them write letters on Sundays. He hadn't brought stationary so he had to go to the PX and buy some high speed Army stuff. Nice! __________________ "I had cast my lot with a soldier, and where he was, was home to me." - Martha Summerhayes Vanished Arizona Last edited by Shar; 08-16-2007 at 12:47.
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