To keep Fort Rucker a safe place to live and work, post officials conduct many yearlong antiterrorism procedures and programs.
One of these procedures - Random Access Measures Program - allows authorities to perform random checks on motorists or individuals entering the installation.
Antiterrorism Army Regulation 525-13 requires Directorate of Public Safety staff to maintain security through RAMP actions, according to DPS Director Marcus McDougald.
"Implementing random Force Protection Condition measures at various locations, dates and times is part of a robust security program designed to keep our security procedures unpredictable," McDougald said. "These procedures are in place to help protect personnel, critical facilities and equipment on Fort Rucker and at our airfields."
All military members, civilians and contractors driving onto post must comply with gate guard or Military Police requests to pull over for vehicle checks, he added. These inspections can occur any given day at any time. To prepare for possible inspections, motorists should always carry ID cards, driver's licenses, proof of insurance and vehicle registration paperwork. Entry may be denied if proper documentation is not furnished.
MPs sometimes check ID cards at facilities' entrances to ensure the highest level of protection at those locations, McDougald said.
"It keeps potential terrorists guessing as to what our procedures are because they see changes," he said.
Such checks give community members a sense of security "because they know someone is watching out for them," said Michael Whittaker, Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security installation antiterrorism officer.
RAMP is only one of many force protection measures conducted to monitor the installation, making it harder for perpetrators to access the installation, he added.
Officials conduct a post-wide force protection exercise Tuesday through Dec. 10 to practice surveillance measures. Whittaker asks community members to be patient with security checks during the exercise which may cause some traffic delays at the gates.
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