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In reply to the discussion: Can we please dispel this myth that military people are at full battle rattle 24/7? [View all]Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)26. Even in combat zones, when you're in base camp,
your weapons are locked away unless you're on guard duty. At least that's the way it was in Vietnam.
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Can we please dispel this myth that military people are at full battle rattle 24/7? [View all]
MindPilot
Sep 2013
OP
Funny how the military thinks that the servicemen do not need to walk around base with weapons and
VanillaRhapsody
Sep 2013
#1
I spent 5 straight days wandering the training area, looking for night vision goggles
wercal
Sep 2013
#17
Alot of people are also under the mistaken impression that everybody lives on base,
wercal
Sep 2013
#7
IIRC that ribbon is one of the many my dad had. Of course the nicest one was his DFC.
kestrel91316
Sep 2013
#28
three years ago, a nutjob with a rifle shot the guard at entrance to Holocaust museum
onenote
Sep 2013
#25