Go_Ordnance
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I call shenanigans. CENTCOM policy is no personal weapons or ammo. Company, Battalion, Brigade, Division, etc... commanders don't outrank the CENTCOM commander. They aren't approving personal weapons.
Cool guys might get the occasional exception, but cool guys have access to govt purchased cool-guy stuff. So really there's no need for them to have exceptions for personal weapons. The ones I ran into had issue M9's and P226's for handguns, but they had a lot of non-standard rifles. SBR or suppressed M4's, SCARs, etc...
Did some folks sneak their personal weapons into and out of theater? Probably, but not very many.
I am an active duty officer (prior enlisted), starting my 31st year of service.
Cool guys might get the occasional exception, but cool guys have access to govt purchased cool-guy stuff. So really there's no need for them to have exceptions for personal weapons. The ones I ran into had issue M9's and P226's for handguns, but they had a lot of non-standard rifles. SBR or suppressed M4's, SCARs, etc...
Did some folks sneak their personal weapons into and out of theater? Probably, but not very many.
I am an active duty officer (prior enlisted), starting my 31st year of service.