One thing I did find particularly apalling was when the terrorist threat of a car bomb was seen as too high for any private cars to be allowed through the main gate into the "TACEVAL" car park (this went on for some months).
Instead, all drivers were made to park on the OMQ roads, which was immediately outside the barrier, with no security in place. Right opposite my MQ was a car park at the rear of the OM and so about 150 cars (all of them unchecked by the RAF police) were parked right outside my house all day, every day. I had the constant worry of a car bomb taking out my family.
I voiced my concerns to the incumbent OC Admin who thought the risk perfectly acceptable. His own MQ was well away from any risk, though.
