a MacDill Facebook post reads.<\/a> \u201cAs a matter of policy, we will not release specifics on what security measures have been implemented.\u201d<\/p>\nThe shelter-in-place order comes days after a suspicious device was found at the visitors center at the Dale Mabry Gate on Monday, causing traffic to be diverted to the Bayshore Gate, according to a local NBC outlet. <\/p>\n
After Monday\u2019s incident, MacDill raised its security level to FPCON CHARLIE.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis posture allows us to implement deliberate security measures proactively,\u201d the base said on social media earlier this week. \u201cAll personnel should remain vigilant, follow the direction of security forces, and report any suspicious activity immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n
The base, home of CENTCOM, has been leading the United States\u2019 military campaign against Iran, Operation Epic Fury, since the U.S. and Israel began their joint offensive on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n
Claire Barrett is an editor and military history correspondent for Military Times. She is also a World War II researcher with an unparalleled affinity for Sir Winston Churchill and Michigan football.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Editor\u2019s note: This is a developing story. The home of U.S. Central Command is currently under a shelter-in-place…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[21835,16706,91224,91225,91226,91223,91227,91222,91228,27859,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-196605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-air-force","tag-centcom","tag-circulated-air-force-times","tag-circulated-army-times","tag-circulated-marine-corps-times","tag-circulated-military-times","tag-circulated-navy-times","tag-mac-dill-afb","tag-marine-corps-times","tag-shelter-in-place","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}