Authorities from the base and Prince William County, Virginia, surrounded the shooter, who was in abarracksnot far from where the first shooting occurred.
The trouble is not the troops themselves: the force is nota standing army, waiting for its orders in barracks in Brussels, but an ad hoc coalition of suitable components.
The marine, who is currently based with 42 Commando at Bickleigh Barracks in Plymouth, pleaded not guilty to taking a Ford Transit tipper truck without the authority of its owner and aggravated vehicle taking.