The officers were reported missing from U.S. Central Command's Regional Cooperation exercise at Joint Base Cape Cod late on Saturday by base security, said Massachusetts National Guard spokesman Lieutenant Colonel James Sahady.
The three soldiers, Major Jan Mohammad Arash, Captain Mohammad Nasir Askarzada and Captain Noorullah Aminyar, were last seen at a nearby mall and were not considered a threat to the public, Sahady said.
"They were sent here to participate in this exercise. There's no reason we have to believe that they are any threat," Sahady said, adding that they did not have access to weapons as part of the exercise.
Base authorities, state, and police were involved in the search for the missing soldiers on Sunday, Sahady said.
The annual event is a way to foster better cooperation and military readiness between participating countries and has been running since 2004. Roughly 200 soldiers from six nations, including 15 from Afghanistan, were participating in this year's exercise, Sahady said.
The week-long exercise is scheduled to end on Wednesday.
CBS News reported on Friday that two Afghan policemen were found after going missing from a separate training exercise held by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in Quantico, Virginia.
((Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Robert Birsel); curtis.skinner@thomsonreuters.com; +1-347-978-6580)
Thats crazy ! Look how much this little brown noseing exercise will cost us. And im not so sure i buy into them not being a threat.
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Agree and this may be considered racist but I consider ALL muslims, armed or not,to be a threat.
How could you not? Im done trying to be politacly correct if that makes me racist i guess im guilty as charged. I feel not speaching our minds has caused alot of the problems we have today.
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It does not matter if they are a threat or not they should have been under constant observation .
These guys laughing at us right now? :rolleye:
I am less and less comfortable everyday to NOT be armed. I used to tell my daughter that I teach her to shoot because a restraining order is just a piece of paper. These days, I believe it goes beyond jealous boyfriends and possible ATM muggings. Just sayin'...keep packing my friends.
I read this story on NBC's webpage. Quite some interesting comments from the slurpers. Some of them were quite concerned for the safety of these "fine" soldiers. Because surely they were in peril and could have easily been kidnapped by over zealous Tea-baggers!!! :confused:
I read they caught them trying to cross into canada. And said they were trying to find a better life. Yea sure they were.
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