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In reply to the discussion: You might want to avoid Starbucks today [View all]Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)only have 20 years plus in the army
Army weapons are secured in arms room unless training with no ammo or at the range. All ammunition is signed for and accounted for before and after range time.
normal to qualify 1 time a year with individual weapon, rifle or pistol. My job we very rarely fired machine guns or grenade launchers (training rounds only).
Units deploying do a qualification range prior to deployment and also use blank rounds for training.
all housing on post is subject to inspections to include weapon storage and handling.
privately owned weapons locked in arms room if in the barracks and secured in safe or with gun lock if in government quarters. All weapons registered on post and only carried per regulations posted in my other response
I work on this system, do you think these are real live missiles
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