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New Obama Admin Claim: Marines Couldn't Have Stopped Consulate Assault
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<blockquote data-quote="SMS" data-source="post: 1913724" data-attributes="member: 42"><p>Not so much internet B.S. bend...it does happen. </p><p></p><p>It's pretty well established that the Marine sentries in Beirut did not have loaded rifles...and I myself have been in situations where the command was given, in arguably non-permissive environments, to carry unloaded weapons:</p><p></p><p>Italy 1988 following the Red Army bombing of a USO: Pulled from regular duty and walked a fence line every night for a month. Rifle unloaded, magazines in pouch.</p><p></p><p>El Salvador 1995: Sentry duty at base camp with unloaded rifle</p><p></p><p>Bogota Colombia 1998: Issued M9, required to carry back and forth to work and keep in residence "in the event of an attempted kidnapping, but don't load it".</p><p></p><p>Baghdad Iraq, April 2003: Ordered by limpdick USAF Col to carry our rifles and pistols without a round chambered. </p><p></p><p>Nearly all of those situations earned a hearty F.U. from me and I did what I thought was prudent in the midnight hour when whatever was going to go down was between me and a threat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SMS, post: 1913724, member: 42"] Not so much internet B.S. bend...it does happen. It's pretty well established that the Marine sentries in Beirut did not have loaded rifles...and I myself have been in situations where the command was given, in arguably non-permissive environments, to carry unloaded weapons: Italy 1988 following the Red Army bombing of a USO: Pulled from regular duty and walked a fence line every night for a month. Rifle unloaded, magazines in pouch. El Salvador 1995: Sentry duty at base camp with unloaded rifle Bogota Colombia 1998: Issued M9, required to carry back and forth to work and keep in residence "in the event of an attempted kidnapping, but don't load it". Baghdad Iraq, April 2003: Ordered by limpdick USAF Col to carry our rifles and pistols without a round chambered. Nearly all of those situations earned a hearty F.U. from me and I did what I thought was prudent in the midnight hour when whatever was going to go down was between me and a threat. [/QUOTE]
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