---
title: "Reminder: Don’t Go To Your Base Gate Dressed In A Suicide Bomber Costume"
date: "2018-10-31"
modified: "2018-10-31"
authors:
  - name: "Paul Szoldra"
    job_title: "Editor"
    link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/paul-szoldra/"
url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/halloween-suicide-bomber/"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "Humor"
---

# Reminder: Don’t Go To Your Base Gate Dressed In A Suicide Bomber Costume

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/18990936-1.jpg>)

Perhaps your commanding officer may have forgotten to mention it this morning, but I'd like to offer that you shouldn't try to enter the front gate while dressed as a suicide bomber for Halloween.

*It's Halloween!* you might say, *we should be able to go out in whatever costume we want!*

And to some extent, I certainly agree. Sure, you could probably tape some scary-looking road flares and wires on your chest and put on a turban before heading out to trick-or-treat with the kids or meander the local streets while admiring the throngs of your fellow costume aficionados.

*What harm is there in that?*

To which I would say, none! Except for the chance that military police will freak the f--k out if you show up at the gate, call EOD, and initiate a base-wide lockdown due to a possible terrorist incident, [which happened back](<https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2015/11/02/soldier-under-investigation-for-suicide-bomber-costume-at-fort-bragg/>) at Fort Bragg in 2015.

"The Soldier was dressed as a suicide bomber with simulated explosive vest. The incident resulted in an emergency response, EOD clearing the entire scene and an extended closure of a gate. Although the incident remains under investigation, initial reports indicate it was a Halloween costume," [read a post](<https://www.cnn.com/2015/11/01/us/fort-bragg-costume-suicide-bomber/index.html?fbclid=IwAR1kDDAv-X-z76a_8UhExBFFGwh-DvaUO_y3rdku3PdSC5dlmg4s8C3nXs4>) from the base on Facebook.

It's unclear what actually happened to the unnamed soldier, but if I were to place a bet, he or she probably no longer has an ass attached to their body since it was chewed off over an hour-long "counseling session" in the first sergeant's office.

Oh, and there's also a slight chance you could [be arrested](<https://mashable.com/2017/11/08/halloween-suicide-bomber-malaysia/#KH1mIRcBZiqB>) just for wearing it.

Still, while you shouldn't dress as a suicide bomber, you can try your luck as an adorable teddy bear instead.

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## Author
Paul Szoldra was the Editor in Chief of Task & Purpose from October 2018 until August 2022. Since joining T&P, he has led a talented team of writers, editors, and creators who produce military journalism reaching millions of readers each month. He also founded and edits [Duffel Blog](<https://www.duffelblog.com/>), a popular satirical newsletter for the military. Before becoming a journalist in 2013, he served as a Marine infantryman in Afghanistan, Korea, and other areas of the Pacific. His eyes still go up every time a helicopter from Camp Pendleton flies over his office in Southern California.

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