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In the Honda were six guns, ammunition and military-style clothing. The man, active duty military, reportedly was absent without leave.

But the military security guard didn’t know that.

Only the IDs raised a flag. They appeared to be fake, base officials said Tuesday.

Authorities identified the pair who tried to enter the base’s Bayshore Boulevard gate about 5 p.m. Monday as Spc. Christopher Paul Kilburn, and Micah Goodier of Palm Beach County.

Kilburn had been stationed with Alpha Company, 1-16th 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan. He was charged with desertion and will be turned over to the Army.

The man would be under military jurisdiction, said MacDill spokesman Mark Graff.

But Goodier, a civilian, could wind up in federal court if prosecuted, according to Col. Dave Cohen, 6th Air Mobility Wing vice commander.

The pair’s motive for trying to get into the base with the guns is unclear, he said, but was not believed to be an act of terrorism.

Base officials will work with Kilburn’s chain of command to determine any possible charges against him, Cohen said.

Tuesday morning, the entrance gates at MacDill were open as usual and traffic was flowing.

“At no point was the security of MacDill Air Force Base breached,” Cohen said. “The system worked exactly as it was supposed to.”

The South Tampa base houses the headquarters of Central Command, which runs the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, and Special Operations Command.

On May 19, an off-duty FBI agent shot and killed an Army veteran after a confrontation and chase at the base. The veteran had been visiting the base.

Officials say man, who was AWOL at the time, and the woman had three rifles, three handguns and loads of ammunition in their sport utility vehicle when they tried to enter the base.

Investigators say this is not an attempted terrorist act, but have not explained why they were trying to drive in with fraudulent military id’s and a cache of weapons.

The base was already on edge after An FBI agent fatally shot a veteran at the base last month after an altercation.

CBS 12 spoke to Micah Goodier’s brother Tuesday night via Facebook. Jace Goodier says his sister, who hails from West Palm Beach, has been released to the custody of her husband.

He did not know what she was doing with that man who is now being charged with desertion.

The pair were stopped around 5:00 pm (2100 GMT) trying to enter MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, site of the headquarters of US Central Command, which oversees the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, base spokeswoman Katherine Holt said in a statement.

The suspects “presented fraudulent identification and were questioned” by security guards at the base gate, she said.

When the guards searched their vehicle “a dog alerted on a scent that led to the discovery of ammunition and weapons. Six weapons and ammunition were found in the vehicle.”

The Air Force identified the suspects as Specialist Christopher Paul of the Kansas-based First Infantry Division and a female civilian, Micah Noel Goodier of Palm Beach, Florida.

The Army specialist is being charged with desertion and will be turned over to Army authorities, Holt said.

Goodier will face charges pending a decision by federal prosecutors.

The two “did not actively resist” during the incident and were held for questioning.

The vice commander at the base, Colonel Dave Cohen, praised the guards, and said there was no security breach at the base.

No motive was given for the suspect’s actions, but the military said an investigation was underway.

The MacDill base earlier said the alleged intruders were driving a sport utility vehicle, and that fire department and explosive disposal units were dispatched to the scene but found no bombs.