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Ammo? Wouldn't that be dangerous? (reply)

Slow Hand — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:10:00 +0000

My uncle was in the national guard stateside in the sixties, when my dad was over in Vietnam. He got sent up to Chicago to handle some rioting going on. They were never issued ammo at any point. When they were. Riding the bus up there, I guess they saw part of the mob they were supposed to control. His Sargent, a crusty older black guy shoved a loaded 1911 mag into my uncles hand. Merrill commented Bout not taking his ammo and he showed him a pocketful of loaded mags! He then told my uncle, "I ain't gonna let no n****r kill me without a fight!"

After the Marine Barracks bombing in Beirut, the Army got (reply)

Rob Leahy — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 05:32:28 +0000

serious about security...things were tightened up training was updated gates strengthened ammo issued, no taped magazines.... it has slipped over the years.

Ammo? Wouldn't that be dangerous? (reply)

Catoosa — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 03:41:44 +0000

I remember carrying around $25-30 thousand dollars in cash in a paper sack on paydays at Ft. Hood back in the day, with five rounds in my .45. They wouldn't even give us a full magazine to guard the company payroll. Ft. Hood was an open post back then, and everyone in central Texas knew when payday at the post came around.

My jeep driver was a tough kid from Detroit who could handle himself pretty well. After the first payday with two .45s and ten rounds between us, I scrounged four more magazines from the company armorer and bought a box of Remington hardball at the rod and gun club. From then on we had enough spare magazines and ammo to put up a bit more than "token resistance"!

Ammo? Wouldn't that be dangerous? (reply)

Alfred John — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 23:38:46 +0000

Nothing really new here. Back in the early 1960's I don't know of any one pulling guard the Kasern I was station having ammo. Only those who were detailed to guard a special weapons site, they were locked in a small double fenced area with a big earthen wall around it. Also only carried M3 Grease Guns. On some other posts if you were issued ammo it was a five round charger clip for the M-15 in a sealed ammo pouch. If you carried a Garand M1 you were given a 8 round clp also sealed in a pouch. I had a cousin who was in the Navy and stationed for a while in Morroco. he pulled Gate Guard at night armed with either a baseball bat or occasionally a fire axe. I imagine if you could tour a number of military bases in the States as well as Europe and Pacific Rim the same would be there today. More for show than go. I do see some of the Marines sent there are complaing about the lack of ammunition. This is in the Middle East at some embassies. It seem the Diplomats don't want an incident. They never trust the G.I.'s, only civilian contracts......Good Luck....

They should use the idiot ambassador as a shield (reply)

stonewalrus — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 22:34:20 +0000

No ammo for Emabssy guards in Eqypt... (reply)

Jhenry — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 22:31:31 +0000

But if they have ammo, then someone might get hurt.

Hoplophobes R Us - the Obamination wouldn't want (reply)

stonewalrus — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 22:03:32 +0000

Any of his buddies getting shot trying to burn an American flag. Actuaslly probably a hoplophobe fruitcake of an ambassador - sounds like something Hillary would do though.

Also reported on the radio (reply)

Cherokee — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:54:08 +0000

freebeacon article (reply)

Rob Leahy — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:54:26 +0000

http://freebeacon.com/reports-marines-not-permitted-live-ammo/

please tell me that is not true?!? (reply)

cable — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:26:09 +0000

Ammo? Wouldn't that be dangerous? (reply)

brionic — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:10:52 +0000

No ammo for Emabssy guards in Eqypt...

Rob Leahy — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:33:40 +0000

I wonder if this is a new policy by Hillery? I'll bet cha none of them have ammo... Clinton's have always feared and loathed our military more that our nation's enemies.