Ok, real talk. How tf do you get cleared delivering fuel to Area 51?!

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Whenever I’m delivering to a nuclear base, they make me take off all electronics, then search me and then have a personal escort to make sure I don’t go to the top secret places. I’m pretty sure he didn’t go anywhere that showed anything.

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TheEvilBlight@reddit

If he’s coming from the west doesn’t see much. If the north, might pass the runway, especially the old super long one that’s no longer in use, and might have a distant view of the northern part of the base.

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Is_What_They_Call_Me@reddit

The way it was done (don’t know if still is) you’re contracted for the gov. Escorted to the gate. Upon gate entrance a member of the base takes over driving for you and you sit at the gate. Truck is unloaded and delivered back to you at the gate. You never actually go in and see anything.

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TheEvilBlight@reddit

That would make more sense than an intermediate fuel point the external carrier dumps to, then the internal carrier pulls up and loads up from there to bring in (or just pipeline down)

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A_RAND0M_J3W@reddit

When I hauled fuel, the bases would call and order just like any other company. You show up, get a background check, drive or be escorted to the offload site (base dependant), have a service member test products and monitor you while you unload, then turn around and leave.

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TheEvilBlight@reddit

Probably not interesting at all. Drive through a gate with fuel to a designated point, unload. Unlikely to have free access to the interesting parts of the base, etc.

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snpr50@reddit

All supplies and personnel to 51 are vetted contractors. You wouldn't even know, who they are. That's how it's done.

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VerbalDysentery@reddit

They're probably delivered by government personal?

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shadowmib@reddit

The defense logistics agency is in charge of that

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RecognitionThen1519@reddit

This. You don't sign up, you are volunteered up, Soldier.

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youtheotube2@reddit

The truck in the photo is not a military truck though. They’re saying it could be a civilian government employee doing it. I think it’s probably just done by a contractor

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No_Vacation369@reddit

Military operation civilian equipment so they don’t stand out.

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Occams_RZR900@reddit

The military operates many civilian looking vehicles. Also there are several federal agencies tasked with transporting stuff for the military in secrecy. Ever wonder how nukes get transported around the USA on public highways with no one around the wiser?

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Milk_MAN1963@reddit

Department of Energy hauls nukes and weapons. Lots of black SUVs around them

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LucHighwalker@reddit

Seen this a couple times. They don't really try to hide it. But you'd be damn stupid to fuck with them.

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forkystabbyveggie@reddit

Trucker here. I've passed these guys several times.

The trucks are Peterbilt 386s, no markings (no DOT numbers, gov text) with the US government plates.

The trailers are entirely aluminum great danes. I think 48 foot.

Interspersed between them are GMC savannahs with a utility rack on top. I think ladders and antennas were up there. So these are the maintenance vehicles.

Also there are GMC Sierras with the bed removed and replaced by some type of military looking box covered with antennas. So I'm guessing mobile communication units.

And then random stock looking civilian cars.

No tinted windows on anything and all us gov plates.

Here's one of the trucks and it's trailer. https://imgur.com/a/cRT7TtC

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FlintIron@reddit

This has been my experience as well on I 40 between Amarillo and Albuquerque.

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toomanydeployments@reddit

Those guys are not regular drivers. They are very well trained and well armed individuals. I won't go into too much detail, but they are tactical folks b

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FlintIron@reddit

Agreed. Just an observation on how they presented themselves for whatever reason

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intoxicatedhamster@reddit

It's a 50ft trailer. Only reason I know is because Northeast Great Dane sent me a rail that was too short on accident when I needed one for their 53' aluminum dry boxes

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forkystabbyveggie@reddit

That makes sense. I knew they were shorter than the standard 53 so I assumed they used the old standard

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intoxicatedhamster@reddit

It's so weird, longer than the old ones and shorter than the new. I'm sure they do it on purpose, I just can't for the life of me think of a reason why

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Individual_Lake_8371@reddit

Mostly because nothing in government makes sense. Making sense doesn’t pay.

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The-Shartist@reddit

We're the ones paying for their special order shit.

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Individual_Lake_8371@reddit

Did this via railroad many years ago. Spooks all over the place. Two locomotives, few box cars and a cask car (nuke), few box cars, and another locomotive on the rear. Spooks in each locomotive, at each grade crossing, and in the air. Fastest freight train in the midwest.

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WackoMcGoose@reddit

For some reason, I just had a mental image of a certain emperor going "wait, why are we hiding our weapons in nondescript containers? we should be parading them for the world to see and fear us! like china and north korea do!"...

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FlapXenoJackson@reddit

I saw a retired nuclear reactor from a submarine getting pushed up the Columbia River to get buried at Hanford. There were two tugs pushing the barge. They had two tugs because if one developed a problem they could still push upriver. That ensemble was followed closely by a Navy ship.

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DblDtchRddr@reddit

Or just a random small private plane overhead. Surrounded by SUVs draws attention. Most people don’t even notice a Cessna doing pattern work at 5k.

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aaronblkfox@reddit

And usually 4-5 decoy convoys.

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leadpoem@reddit

With lots of guys in them without names or faces. Plus a standing shot to kill order. And won't stop for anyone.

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PrivatePilot9@reddit

Tell us you’ve never seen a nuke being moved without telling us you’ve never seen a nuke being moved.

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SquirrelInATux@reddit

Tell us you've seen a high target route transport and assumed that all nukes are moved like that without telling us.

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youtheotube2@reddit

The military operates many civilian looking vehicles.

Show me a bright red tractor like that in the military inventory

Also there are several federal agencies tasked with transporting stuff for the military in secrecy.

That’s what they’re saying this is.

Ever wonder how nukes get transported around the USA on public highways with no one around the wiser?

Office of Secure Transportation, which is a federal agency. Not military

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Occams_RZR900@reddit

https://www.army.mil/article/264050/mobile_exhibit_company_prepares_for_busy_2023_traveling_the_nation_in_search_of_future_soldiers

I mean these exist. Also there’s a lot of normal looking semi trucks on bases used to transport items between bases on US Highways. Not everything requires a 6x6 HETT to OTR stuff.

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leadpoem@reddit

And much more scary than the military

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coldafsteel@reddit

You have clearly never been to an IET base. Lots of red and blue day cabs are used to haul trainees around.

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Atypical_Mammal@reddit

They are transported with like 5 humvees with 5 cals and a circling Blackhawk. And absolutely everyone around is all the wiser.

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TactualTransAm@reddit

You've cracked the code. Your local CIA agent will be with you shortly 😂

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Atypical_Mammal@reddit

In ambiguously easter European accent:

"oh, that is nuke. I transport from one Chicago container yard to another. It is 23rd one I do since I started shift.

I am running 3 paper logs and I no sleeping for 56 hours"

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TypicalRecon@reddit

you mean the dark blue cab overs that get a literal helicopter escort?

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Elephunk05@reddit

When you see a Pepsi or Coke truck without a lift gate 🤔

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FavoriteFoodCarrots@reddit

Just for one example, the CIA has truck drivers on staff. They’re all ex-Army. The trucks are owned through shell companies. They don’t say “CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY” on the side, but that’s what they are.

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NoCountryForOldPete@reddit

They’re all ex-Army.

Not all. For a while they had open job postings (before current admin cut hiring) on the literal CIA website, I was kind of considering applying. Pay was pretty good for starting, I believe 37-38/hr, and presumably that comes with bennies and etc. Needed 2 years minimum OTR experience, had to be willing to relocate to VA. Needed haz I believe, or ability to get it, plus obviously you would need to be able to pass whatever deep dive shit they'd do on you.

Honestly the main thing that kept me from applying was the thought "What fucked up shit would I be transporting for the CIA that would require a truck and trailer?" Realistically probably random standard shit, same as any other job, but the potential implications I came up with in my head made me think I'd rather not get involved.

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youtheotube2@reddit

So those are civilian government employees. Exactly what I said

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FavoriteFoodCarrots@reddit

A civilian government employee and a contractor are two very different things.

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youtheotube2@reddit

YEAH THATS MY POINT

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FavoriteFoodCarrots@reddit

You said “it’s probably just done by a contractor.”

I disagreed with you. This is not a job done by connectors.

Now you’re yelling at me. I don’t know why.

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youtheotube2@reddit

Since I see you’re editing this:

I got upset because people keep bringing up examples of government agencies doing work for the military. Like you with your CIA trucks and other people with the nuke transporters. This is annoying me because I specifically said in my first comment that it could be either a government agency doing the work or civilian contractors. The only thing I definitively ruled out was the military doing this work themselves. So it was frustrating and annoying when people kept bringing up examples of contractors and federal agencies while trying to disprove my claim that the military isn’t doing this job.

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FavoriteFoodCarrots@reddit

No. The CIA doesn’t do work for the military. I never said that and wouldn’t. They only work for themselves.

It seems you’re getting mad first and reading carefully later.

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youtheotube2@reddit

What was your intention when you brought up CIA trucks? I don’t think it added anything to the discussion

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FavoriteFoodCarrots@reddit

To point out that there are civilian government employees that do things like this job and to express my opinion that it was more likely that type of job classification doing this work than a third party. That can’t have been too hard to parse.

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youtheotube2@reddit

To point out that there are civilian government employees that do things like this job

What about my comment made you think I didn’t know that? I SPECIFICALLY said in my first comment that it could be either a contractor or government agency, but that I lean towards it being a contractor

to express my opinion that it was more likely that type of job classification doing this work than a third party. That can’t have been too hard to parse.

Then say that directly. Don’t insult my intelligence by assuming I don’t know the federal government has their own trucks, after I specifically said I know they have them

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FavoriteFoodCarrots@reddit

Saying there are civilian truck drivers who work for the government does not show that you know there are civilian truck drivers who work for the government with sufficient security clearances to do stuff like this. Many people do not know that.

I don’t know what you do or don’t know. You seem to think what you know is “everything, and everyone else should intuit that.”

If you feel insulted, that’s your issue. Toodles.

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youtheotube2@reddit

If I didn’t know that I wouldn’t have bothered commenting since I wouldn’t have had anything to add to the discussion

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FavoriteFoodCarrots@reddit

Again, you’re expecting everyone else to know what you’re thinking, even if you don’t bother to express it.

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youtheotube2@reddit

I wrote down what I was thinking. I did express it. I said this job could be done by a contractor or a government agency, and you somehow took that to mean I’m unaware that government agencies do work like this

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FavoriteFoodCarrots@reddit

Except that’s not what you said.

You said “they’re saying it could be a civilian…”

That rather heavily implies it’s something someone else thinks, not you.

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youtheotube2@reddit

What are the next two words you cut off? “Civilian government employee”. Aka a government agency.

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FavoriteFoodCarrots@reddit

I cut them off because I’m lazy.

The relevant words are “they’re saying.” Meaning “them,” not you.

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youtheotube2@reddit

They actually didn’t use those words, I used those words to clarify what they were saying. A normal person would take that to mean not only that I understand what they’re talking about, and also that I’m not disputing it.

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FavoriteFoodCarrots@reddit

For someone who gets insulted easily, you’re sure willing to sling them.

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youtheotube2@reddit

You had it coming

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FavoriteFoodCarrots@reddit

I don’t think you’re seeing the irony that you’re functionally complaining I put words in your mouth while that’s your ex post explanation of what you were intending to do to someone else.

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youtheotube2@reddit

Except I’m agreeing with and backing up that other person. You aren’t doing that for me

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FavoriteFoodCarrots@reddit

No, you weren’t. You can’t simultaneously agree with the position that it is done by a government employee and say “I think it’s probably just done by a contractor,” which are the words you wrote.

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youtheotube2@reddit

I never said it couldn’t be done by a government agency, just that I lean towards it being done by a contractor.

We’re also so far gone from my original issue of you somehow misreading my comment and assuming I don’t know government agencies do work like this, even after I specifically said I know they do work like this

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FavoriteFoodCarrots@reddit

Your subsequent comments have clarified many things.

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youtheotube2@reddit

Alright this is done. You just want the last word and you can have it

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youtheotube2@reddit

I don’t see why this couldn’t be done by a contractor. These days a lot of things are done by contractors

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FavoriteFoodCarrots@reddit

It theoretically could, but it is highly, highly likely that it is not. You’re talking about an installation to which personnel are transported exclusively by air on a government-owned airline operated by government employee pilots flying government-owned 737s.

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pizza_barista_@reddit

Defense contractor operates the flights, not government employees. Also a bus goes in and out.

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FavoriteFoodCarrots@reddit

Which contractor? Those were in-house jobs until pretty recently, assuming you’re right.

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pizza_barista_@reddit

Amentum. Formerly EG&G

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FavoriteFoodCarrots@reddit

Interesting. Thanks. Happy to be wrong and learn something.

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Ok-Hamster6512@reddit

Could be an ados billet for people on irr

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DesertPunked@reddit

your edit cracked me up lol

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Deusjensengaming@reddit

I've seen military owned Mack Anthems before

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youtheotube2@reddit

Are they painted bright red? No

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TactualTransAm@reddit

I've seen red. Blue. Green. White. Black. All different colors. The military isn't exclusively camo and drab.

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UselessBanana1@reddit

Look up "Safeguards Transporter". Those are the trucks that move nuclear weapons and from a glane they look like a bog standard civilian truck.

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youtheotube2@reddit

Read what I said again

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UselessBanana1@reddit

You said "thats not a military truck though" and i said "there are military trucks that dont look like they are from the military, so this could very well be one as well"

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youtheotube2@reddit

No, you brought up trucks that are owned and operated by the federal government. Not the military

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UselessBanana1@reddit

Thats the part you have a problem with? Touch some grass or open your windows once in a while man

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youtheotube2@reddit

What part should I have a problem with?

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RecognitionThen1519@reddit

Well..... Yeah ..... Is this your first time thinking about military?

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youtheotube2@reddit

No, but it seems like it is for a lot of other people. I specifically say this is probably being done by a federal agency or contractor instead of the military, and everybody brings up federal agencies as examples to disprove me. wtf?

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Senior_Bad_6381@reddit

Voluntold

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flavorjunction@reddit

Voluntold.

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_AntiFunseeker_@reddit

Voluntold

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tasselledwobbegong1@reddit

You only volunteered yourself once. Everything after that is your CO volunteering you to do stuff and go places.

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PrivatePilot9@reddit

That’s called Voluntold.

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coyotll@reddit

Volentold*

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SeaRow556@reddit

Um you can make a request. So yes you do sign up. Even for the most sensitive federal positions

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UltramanOrigin@reddit

It’s called voluntold

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banryu95@reddit

One of my best friends is in the air force and 50% of his CDL training was paid by the air force and the other 50% by his second job at a quarry. He hauls air force equipment (a lot of your typical construction equipment) from time to time, but now he works with me in LTL. So yeah, driver in your satellite image is probably military or some other government employee and may or may not drive full-time.

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TheRealGageEndal@reddit

This. I got my CDL when I was in the army. Motor pool is chill like that

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Mr-_-Soandso@reddit

You can't just teach military personnel to drive trucks. You need truckers to save the world!

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polarjunkie@reddit

Nah. Lots of truckers on lots of bases.

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MedTactics@reddit

Through companies like Amentum, for example, there was a job to hual a Michigan water trailer on 'private land north of Las Vegas' (9 Axle trailer) which oddly needed security clearance. You can properly deduce why one would need security clearance.

Military and especially the Navy doesn't do any of their own maintenance/repairs anymore, its all contract work nowadays, and yes, that includes getting fuel and water.

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Timmy98789@reddit

Personnel

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Colors_678@reddit

MOS “Motor transport operator”

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Sea_Bluebird_1949@reddit

Illegal aliens.

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shadowmib@reddit

The defense logistics agency (DLA) You can look it up on Google

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TruckinTuba@reddit

Idk, but I deliver to army, airforce and spaceforce stations all day

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ThanksALotBud@reddit

You pull up to the fence, then they blindfold you. Thats all I know.

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Arnhildr-Fang@reddit

The government has their own cdl operators. Drove by a green semi once; no DOT number, just a large seal for the USAF on the side, no other marks/decals

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Largofarburn@reddit

You gotta get real cool with butt stuff real fast.

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TactualTransAm@reddit

Is that a pre-requisite or can I learn on the job

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texastruckin@reddit

3-5 years experience of butt stuff recommended but I heard they like the newbies cause they are more fun to train

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Tis_But_A_Fake_Name@reddit

Train... heh

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Largofarburn@reddit

Both actually. Time and space get really weird there.

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scottvf@reddit

Can't they just beam the fuel in via spaceship? 👽

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beall94@reddit

They are an alien

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Appropriate_Pen_7165@reddit

That’s not Area 51

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heckyahdude@reddit (OP)

37.241727,-115.819988

See for yourself.

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chinesiumjunk@reddit

The military has truck drivers. Army is 88M. USAF is 2T1X1, USMC 3531, US Navy has Equipment Operator ratings.

The interesting part is what is he hauling? Jet A, diesel, gas, etc. Major airports and Air force bases actually have pipelines from the nearest tank farms because they can use a couple million gallons per day of Jet A. So he may not even be filling up at a tank farm, he just gets it from Nellis or Indian Springs.

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Dead_Namer@reddit

Person A drives to the gates, Soldier B gets in the vehicle, delivers fuel and takes it back to the driver to go home.

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cachem3outside@reddit

YOU DON'T, duh. Also, that's NOT fuel, it is pureed human, as the alien residents of A51 will ONLY eat human smoothies... It's a serious problem. The aliens love the huuthies so much that they don't mind driving the trucks themselves.

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notMy_ReelName@reddit

you just be trained to drive the truck blindfolded.

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Ornery_Ads@reddit

There's nothing "on display" at the base that they wouldn't want you to see. You get base access like any other military installation, then show up and do your job. If they have something that they dont want you to see, they'll put it away before you get there.

Its not like you're the UPS guy that just shows up whenever you feel like it. Your deliveries are planned and scheduled well in advance.

If there's any security concern, they'll escort you around the base. If it's a real security concern, they'll just refuse your entry.

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leadpoem@reddit

Reminds me of a story I heard about some airman. In the story, he said that there was a general call for everybody to go to their barracks and to close the curtains and not leave. He said all he knew is that he heard a jet arrive and then a bit later a jet leave. Then a little bit later, they were given the all clear to come out.

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supernova-juice@reddit

I heard this story recently! I listen to a lot of podcasts and yt channels that deal with creepy shit. They all had to line up and face the wall and when it was over shit just went back to business as usual.

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torontoinsix@reddit

Was that at Area 51 too?

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leadpoem@reddit

No, I can't remember were but it some kind of emergency diversion for a top-secret plane.

If you work at Area 51, you may not be privy to every fact and figure, but they ain't trying to hide the planes from you.

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supernova-juice@reddit

The person who submitted it said it wasn't. They declined to name the location for obvious reasons, so maybe? Maybe not?

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Riyeko@reddit

Your deliveries are planned and scheduled well in advance.

And this is why I always loved delivering to military bases.

In and out in under 45min. Always.

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OsBaculum@reddit

Right lol. People forget that you can literally view Area 51 on Google Maps.

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PraiseTalos66012@reddit

Does mean anything, the US military censors all Google maps images containing sensitive information.

But the other person is 100% right still except that certain bases are designated as secret/top secret bases and those always require escorts regardless of security concerns. And Area 51 is a top secret base.

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PraiseTalos66012@reddit

All secret and top secret bases require you to be escorted the entire time, there's no "if there's any security concern" they are escorting you no matter what.

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Brickman88@reddit

100% this.

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Dino666A@reddit

👽 If they tell you, they will erase your mind.

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adamjg2@reddit

I think it’s delivered by cleared civilians to a centralized fuel farm on base and then either military contractors or dod personnel move it to where it’s needed.

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roytwo@reddit

In my career I delivered to a location 50 miles inside of the Mercury NV Nuclear test site, The bangor nuclear sub base, The Hanford nuclear site and multiple military bases. It was always accompanied by one or more clearing actions. Sometimes needing to receive Pre clearance, many times on site proof of citizenship, Deep search of truck, dog search of entire rig, and in some cases an armed escort. I was always given a route to follow and instructions that I was warned not to ignore or deadly force could be applied.

I am sure that at area 51, they take similar actions and they do not allow the aliens to walk around outside in the daytime or park the saucers outside of the hanger.

You must have seen the documentary film, Men in Black, about how all this works

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supernova-juice@reddit

Classic documentary. I recall watching it as a child with my parents. Back then, of course, I was too young to appreciate the historical value and was only interested in the action.

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x31b@reddit

I don’t remember much about it. Just the flashy thing at the end.

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Dangerous_Ad4451@reddit

You go for a brain scan first to erase your memory and then you are good to go.

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Covered_in_Love@reddit

Wow! UFO’s use diesel fuel!?!? Who would have ever thought.

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derpmcturd@reddit

You heard Obama, Area 51 doesnt exist brotato.

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flounderflound@reddit

When did Obama say that? The government has acknowledged the existence of the base since the 90s.

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longDreadsNmore@reddit

If ya say real talk I prolly won’t trust ya

——3000

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DoctorZebra@reddit

Based on my experience in the military and being out at Tonopah Test Range and also having hauled meat, fuel, nitrogen, and argon into military bases and government/government contractor facilities, I'd have to guess that this dude has stories that are interesting in the sense that his job is most likely a combination of extremely boring and extremely annoying. Mostly boring.

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N1V0N1S@reddit

Only visiting-terrestrials with convincing humanoid appearances or shapeshifting abilities are allowed to train for the worker-release program.

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Virtual_Ad5748@reddit

They gotta give you a probe before you can bring food to our alien overlords.

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north_coast_nomad@reddit

probably a some halfwit 88mike

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RandallOfLegend@reddit

You fill out an SF86 and your employer pays a significant amount of money to pay for top secret authorization.

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skaldrir69@reddit

Ahhh.. Grimm lake…

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InsideExpress9055@reddit

They own the tankers and employ the people driving them💀.

How else?

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mazu74@reddit

Former broker here - never had anyone haul into somewhere like Area 51 before, but I have had to coordinate an important/at least somewhat classified part (something going either into space or very high in the atmosphere was all I was told) for the government before - they paid the driver very well, but that’s where the fun ended.

First of all, I had to find a driver who was actually carrying around their actual birth certificate, not a copy, and no other kind of documentation was acceptable. Only US citizens born in the US were allowed. That guy was a little difficult to find, but I did it. They had to do an extensive background check on the guy, and they required him to ping his exact location every hour or two (don’t remember which), and if that ping didn’t come through, they would start threatening to call the police or worse to go find the guy, didn’t matter what the reason was (the tech wasn’t as good as it is now). Even while the driver was sleeping, they demanded his location all throughout the night. The trailer was sealed, and we were told if he looked inside, he would be prosecuted.

Oh and my boss insisted that we take that load for a $50 profit, and we had no night crew, so guess who had to wake up every two hours? Oh, and we double brokered it, which I had to lie about the whole time, just to add to my stress levels. (Sorry, had to rant there, fuck that job to hell and back.)

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HistorianTight2958@reddit

Your company is hired. I've known friends and relatives who have delivered to some government bases, including within mountains. The company and driver had to have a major background check and the driver had to follow a strict route before and once they arrived. "Paid very well!" Or so those were the words told to me. But, no independent drivers. Again, this is what I was informed.

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SpicyMcShat@reddit

Prolly nothing they can’t control. Everything you can see there on top is what we see in satellite. Driver rolls in, may or may not be allowed to do what he needs to do outside the truck then gets back in and drives off. Couple guards probably watching. No different than visiting any other government controlled facility. I’ve delivered to a jail and thought they were going to be strict. Nope. The security there was low asf.

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Panteraca@reddit

Probably the same way you get cleared to enter any other military installation. I’m sure he has to hand his phone over at the gate so he can’t take pictures of anything when he’s taken on the customary fuel hauler tour of all the hidden shit.

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Robjla@reddit

Pre vetted guys who work with a company with a contract most likely. I’m a former marine and it took me an he to get past the gate of my former base

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robexib@reddit

Considering the kind of clearance you probably have to have to know what's going on there, even if he had stories to tell, they'd probably kill him for telling.

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First_Light_6418@reddit

Probably through a military contract

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LuneJean@reddit

That is not delivering fuel. It’s delivering the latest alien

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foreverlost1nsea@reddit

Liquid Aliens are a thing

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MrD3a7h@reddit

Probably the liquid for Cetacean Ops

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Cheap_Session_9305@reddit

It's warp drive fuel

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jabeith@reddit

We ran out of dinosaurs to make fuel with, now we're using aliens?!

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Teknicsrx7@reddit

Close, it’s actually the fluid the aliens must be kept in to stay alive in our atmosphere

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Kershaws_Tasty_Ruben@reddit

It’s pretty simple. There’s a company that meets the bid requirements.

Said company hires qualified employees who can pass the background checks. Driver delivers the load with some enhanced security/safety measures.

It’s really not that big of a deal.

A lot of times it comes down to one guy calling someone on the phone and saying something to the effect of:

“ Hey, you know that thing that you have outside? Yeah, yeah. Well, the fuel truck is at the gate. Can you put it inside and close the doors? Yeah? Okay, I’ll hold the truck here at the gate until you’re ready.”

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its_my_third_dayhere@reddit

Local fuel guys probably have a contractor licence to deliver fuel

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CheesE4Every1@reddit

You're never going to find out until they're on their deathbed

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Alternative-Cup-8102@reddit

Be an 88mike probably

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Round-Guarantee4948@reddit

Delivering dilithium crystals

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bboybass@reddit

Escort, paper work, a lot of paperwork. Blood sample

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JackyOctavius@reddit

More than likely it's either a civilian government employee or a company with a contracted division for this.

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Always_Shifting_4459@reddit

Top secret squirrel clearance most likely... ever seen The Gorge? When it's time to retire that could be what happens to you so how you get cleared and what goes on out there remains a mystery 🤣

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MiKapo@reddit

One day he opened up his trailer to see an Alien hitchhiker staring back at him

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DifficultyBig2280@reddit

Dude is probably a saint on paper

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bmf1989@reddit

The same way anyone get cleared to do anything there. Definitely not just some guy working a civilian job

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ILaugh68@reddit

Can confirm this isn’t a government truck. Normal companies deliver the fuel.

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Worldmonitor@reddit

Just an airport. All of those folks have to be cleared and badged. So it’s not any driver.

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Wide-Engineering-396@reddit

I har clearances to haul Jet fuel glycol, specifically Diethylene Glycol to certain air bases in airports, where Air Force One was known to land,

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DonBoy30@reddit

Maybe it’s a covert operation to get fuel to Area 51 and that’s a government vehicle. Military vehicles on American highways attracts attention, but regular old tractor trailers? On those long flat, single lane highways out west? We repel the general public more than anything.

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PraiseTalos66012@reddit

It's almost certainly either a gov vehicle or it's a civ contractor who is a former soldier who held a Top secret clearance.

Unlikely they'd let civilians on a base like that unless they absolutely had to even though they have procedures for it that mean it likely wouldn't ever be an issue.

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Mfenix09@reddit

I've delivered to military bases, I wasn't a citizen, though, was a green card holder. I had hazmat clearance (so they checked me out there) and had an ex auntie in law who worked federally and thus had me also checked out for that. They just used to check out the truck with the mirrors and dog, open the back, etc, then send me on my way. They were super lax once I was on site though, just asking (and assuming my aussie accent helped) they would let me get up close and personal with all the military tech, which was awesome.

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0263111771@reddit

So this would not be the guys who do DOD transport? This would be straight up done by military or Government drivers?

I.ask because I am lookingnto get my CDL but have an active TS from Government Contracting and wanted to see if I can use it in trucking.

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shawnfogelman@reddit

Truck is dropped off elsewhere. Inspected, military only driven with security clearance for said property. Then taken back to the drop point/meet point. Truck has ZERO electronics including cameras in board.

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firemarshalbill316@reddit

When I was in the military and doing drills out at Indian Springs we tried to drive there from the base in out hummvees.

I wouldn't recommend it.

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MssMoodi@reddit

Ghost Drivers, yes, they really do exist....

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LoopDoGG79@reddit

Maybe it was transported by a ghost fleet

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Educational-Yam-7394@reddit

When are people going to realize the government and corporations have become one and the same.

We are no longer living within a system absent of consolidation and an independent government that looked after citizens.

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Patalos@reddit

Civilians can tour military bases and work on them. You just can’t show up randomly and walk around. You see what they want you to see and you go where you’re allowed.

He’s also probably a fed who can drive a truck.

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greedybanker3@reddit

i can answer that.

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amazingmaple@reddit

Could be by a contractor. Years ago I worked for trism hauling all sorts of military loads like ammunition and explosives. The security check and background checks were crazy.

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cleanc3r3alkillr@reddit

Same as delivering to any other base or federal facility I suppose, you get clearance ahead of time, you have to go through a background check, they want you to be a citizen with no criminal record and I imagine there’s other criteria.

Apparently it’s much harder than you would think to find drivers who meet the criteria these days, a buddy of mine got on a gig delivering to federal facilities and bases and wanted to bring me on and the guy who owned the fleet talked about how hard it was to find people, problem was they couldn’t match my current rate AND afford to provide benefits so it was a no for me.

All that said, the federal government does own civilian trucks and have soldiers (88M’s) drive them. Last federal facility I went to was a military vehicle tire depot that served some bases near Jacksonville, FL. They used guys like me to haul the rubber out to tire manufacturers where they’ll recycle them into new tires, but the trucks hauling them to the facility from the bases were just regular looking day cab white Freightliner Cascadias driven by uniformed soldiers. I don’t remember exactly what it said on the side of the truck but it was obvious it was owned by the government and not for hire which should help DOT not to mess with them. I imagine it’s something similar with the truck in the picture.

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Jeebus_crisps@reddit

Occam’s razor is that the driver is a regular driver with a TWIC card. The route is most likely a non sensitive route with nothing of interest as that is most likely a fuel depot.

Now the tenders going to and from the airfield is absolutely cleared individuals, but I highly doubt they have cleared professionals doing fuel runs.

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Exciting-Car-3516@reddit

Army 88N position plus you need several specialties, be at least E5, master driver, clearance, etc. I’m assuming they would also train from within the pool of people already there.

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Chungster03@reddit

I know the guys who deliver fuel to Whitman and other military air bases. 51 is classified as an Air Force Base.

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SubzeroWins1-0@reddit

For real. I’ll sign any nda to have this opportunity

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ASH515@reddit

It's not like there are aliens working the terminal and loading docks. Any secrets there are hidden away where no truck driver will see them. To get on to the site you'd need a legitimate BOL. Which will doubtless be validated before you're cleared in.

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