- Reaction score
- 114
- Points
- 680
recceguy said:Jeez Jim. She just got back! Stop hitting on her from across the country!! :-*
Stop it!! I've been in a no-frat state for 8.5 months; I might be enjoying this! 8)
recceguy said:Jeez Jim. She just got back! Stop hitting on her from across the country!! :-*
recceguy said:Jeez Jim. She just got back! Stop hitting on her from across the country!! :-*
ArmyVern said:Stop it!! I've been in a no-frat state for 8.5 months; I might be enjoying this! 8)
recceguy said:That problem goes, at least, back to the B-H deployments. We caught guys doing gate duty with the firing pins out of their rifles.
medicineman said:I was riding shotgun with my acting- CSM on an ex in Wainwright one dreary fall day when he announced to me that there were bad guys in the areas and to look out for them. I jacked a balnk up int the chamber of my rifle, safed it and pointed it out the window. Sgt Gluebag looks at me and says "Please unload your weapon - if you had an ND in front of me I'd have no choice but to charge you". My chin dropped, I looked at him and replied " Look Sarge, I've been in the service for quite awhile, have been around firearms alot of my life, I haven't had one yet and don't intend to start today. You said there are bad guys out there, we have to play the game." He then looked at me and said "That wasn't a request - unload your weapon". This dweeb wouldn't even put the mag in his pistol , despite us not having any 9mm blanks, just to ensure the hammer wouldn't be able to drop on the thing, since he was worried he'd get fried over that. That is the level of paranoia that comes from having ZERO comfort with your weapon. My guess he was likely on of those fruit loops - and he was in Bosnia when the folks were still routinely being shot at or over.
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Jim Seggie said:We did hear that troops in Velika Kladusa weren't given bolts to the C9 or they took the firing pin out.
Maybe they should be having weapons training earlier in BMQ to make the candidates more comfortable with having, holding, carrying the weapon.
GAP said:On day 3 of boot camp they gave us dummy rifles. They taught us how to hold, carry, & store them, and until we went to Pendleton and were issued real rifles, we ate, slept, and generally all round lived with those bi&^%ches! The one thing we never were, was....apprehensive about them. They were part of us.
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dangerboy said:We keep weapons in the shacks, but collect their bolts at night.
dangerboy said:In WATC, they are investigated and if it is worthy a charge is laid and the pers is put on consoling for safety.
dangerboy said:In WATC, they are investigated and if it is worthy a charge is laid and the pers is put on consoling for safety.
mariomike said:Aug 25, 2016
Special forces commander charged after accidentially firing weapon
http://www.680news.com/2016/08/25/special-forces-commander-charged-after-accidentially-firing-weapon/
OTTAWA – Canada’s top special forces soldier is facing a court martial after accidentally firing his rifle while loading it during a visit to Iraq last December.
:nod:Lightguns said:Good on him, he took ownership publically and immediately. This is how it is done!
Bass ackwards said:In cases like these it would be useful to know exactly what happened.
Not to further embarrass the man but for the rest of us to learn from.
I've been out for a very long time but I still handle firearms. I figure if it can happen to a guy with that much experience, then what should I be watching for when I handle one? What can I do safer?
Weinie said:I believe that the fine for then BGen Menard was $3500 for his ND in 2010. I expect something in this range will be forthcoming