A US base near North Korea accidentally blared an emergency siren -- instead of 'Taps'

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald- W Post

By Alex Horton

A U.S. Army base in South Korea accidentally blasted an emergency siren Thursday night instead of the somber notes of taps, officials said, igniting brief panic on the base amid North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's threats of an unwelcome "Christmas gift."

Taps, the melancholy bugler's song played at military funerals, was supposed to be sounded on Camp Casey's announcement system at 10 p.m., as is custom at Army installations to mark the end of the day, said Army Lt. Col. Martyn Crighton, a spokesman for the 2nd Infantry Division.

But Crighton said "human error" instead prompted the sounds of an emergency siren wafting through the freezing air throughout Camp Casey, the closest U.S. Army base to the North Korean border — and a likely prime target for missile strikes in the event of an attack.

The mistake bewildered service members on base, who said in a Reddit thread posted soon after the incident that soldiers were "riled up," and some ran through the halls in full uniform before the error was realized.

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[orangecrush]

1. Oops

[rickford66]

2. WW III could start this way

[truthisfreedom]

3. Hopefully that got sorted out.

[AllaN01Bear]

4. someones head is going to roll.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

5. THIS was NO accident.

I had a cousin stationed at Camp Casey. He said there was NO WAY this was an accident. Anyone posted near N. Korea knows what a HOT zone those places are. Someone was making a statement.