Funny AD story

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Camguy

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Hello All,

I've been lurking for a while, so I thought I'd join in with an amusing anecdote.
Let me preface this by saying I in no way mean any disrespect to the fine officers serving in our armed forces, but this is how the story went.
I was in Baghdad on a DOD contract. Outside the Convention Center where I worked, and all buildings as well, there were 55-gallon drums full of sand for clearing weapons before entry.
I didn't normally go in through the back door, but one day I did, and the clearing barrel had a target taped over it. Each ring was scored as zero, and there was a column of numbers, all crossed off but the last, under the heading "Days Since Last AD."
Unschooled civilian that I was (and am), I asked the coporal guarding the door what an "AD" was.
"That's an accidental discharge, sir," he replied, "And you know what, it's always an officer."
Cheers!
 
You know the very act of making a gun safe for any reason other then to hand it to another person or other similar reasons, makes less safe IMO. A holstered gun is a safe gun, and hot guns just reinforces the 4 safety rules.

Anyways speaking of Enlisted vs Officers, when I was at Gunsite on the last day we were taught two new drills, Terrorist vs Tourist, and the Dozier Drill, the back story for both involved commissioned officers. I was having lunch at the table with one of our instructors (a retired E-9), and mentioned that I noticed that Officers were involved in both the drills, he just chuckled.
 
In some european military, like the Norwegian Air Force, you have to be a master sargent before you get to be considered for a commission. Personally I think the officer/enlisted divide is well past it's use by date. By the time I got out even though I was enlisted I had a more advanced college degree than most of the officers I worked with.
 
"You know the very act of making a gun safe for any reason other then to hand it to another person or other similar reasons, makes less safe IMO. A holstered gun is a safe gun, and hot guns just reinforces the 4 safety rules."

I agree, PPGMD, but those were the regs. All weapons had to be cleared before entering the Convention Center, the al Raschid Hotel, or the Presidential Palace.

And it's always my policy to do whatever someone with a machine gun tells me to!
 
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