Somewhere there is a joke in this, but maybe not.

[firehawkordy 34]

Something I learned as a child,

 

Q- Whats the most dangerous weapon in the world?

 

A- An unloaded gun.

 

Somebody is going to pay big time for this one....

 

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/30/poland.us.navy.shoot/

 

Thank God that it was 3 rounds and nobody was hurt or worse. Way to start a port visit guys. And if anyone thinks I'm harsh with this, I was the SELRES LPO for HCS-5's weapons shop. I and my active duty counterparts made sure that every time we worked on our small arms and M-60's we followed the checklists and pubs to the letter. In the almost four and a half years I was assigned to that unit we qualed a good portion of the unit in fire arms and never,ever, did we have an accidental discharge or other explosive mishap. I really hope they hammer not only the sailor that pulled the trigger but his LPO, Chief, DivO and Department Head.

 

RANT OFF

[+suhsjake 11]

This maybe a dumb question, but why in the world would you be cleaning a loaded weapon while in a friendly port? Why would you have said weapons loaded while in a friendly port?

[+Typhoid 231]

This maybe a dumb question, but why in the world would you be cleaning a loaded weapon while in a friendly port? Why would you have said weapons loaded while in a friendly port?

 

we never used to have weapons loaded in any port. ammo available but not loaded. Until the attack on the USS Cole.....

[firehawkordy 34]

This maybe a dumb question, but why in the world would you be cleaning a loaded weapon while in a friendly port? Why would you have said weapons loaded while in a friendly port?

 

After the attack on the USS Cole and 911, it cannot be assumed that a foreign port, even one belonging to a friendly country is safe. As for cleaning a loaded weapon, there is a check list that one is supposed to use that sets out in order the steps needed to clean the weapon. The first thing we taught our shipmates was treat the thing as loaded until you can physically and visually ensure the thing is not loaded. That means you have to open the feed tray cover look for rounds and I taught checking the breach with a finger. Something in the safety chain and training broke down, badly. Without seeing a report I can see two things that went wrong, failure to follow proper SOP and lack of proper training/supervision.

[Icarus999 70]

unbelievable.... in my family every one over 6 years old has the training to ensure this never happens. How this could happen amongst military personnel is beyond me.

 

Cleaning a loaded weapon:fu2:- there is just no excuse.

[Ruggbutt 45]

A weapon isn't unloaded until you can look down the breech. Period.

[3sqnProphet 0]

A weapon isn't unloaded until you can look down the breech. Period.

 

Wow, thats amazing.