What is the most dangerous thing in the military?

[TerryC]

The most dangerous thing in our military (from an enemy's viewpoint) is a Marine and his rifle! TTC

 

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[Treasure_Hunter]

Most dangerous thing to military personnel is the civilian leading it in the Whitehouse....

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[DocBeav]

 

[TerryC]

DocBeav, are you a Corpsman? Two Navy-types get a SPECIAL tnx from me... Corpsman, they saved Marine lives.... and Seabees, they had the coldest water! Tnx, my friend! TTC

 

[birdman]

The Current CIC is putting an end to the military way of life as we know it and has made it a PC nightmare. Cut our budget harshly,huge downsizing and is trying turn all principles to liberal mindsets. He is doing it by appointing yes men everywhere. I have to sit through briefings constantly about the new way of life and the CIC's CHANGE...Trust me the majority of military members cringe with all of the change. We all talk about it but you have to watch what you say now a days..
I have never seen such a divide in the country .
I would say racism is at a high also due to the giveaway programs..

 

[Mackaydon]

This covers more than the military, but I found it most interesting nevertheless:
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[BrassEagle]

Junping out of a plane with people shooting at you. or a president how doesn't give a ****!

 

[DocBeav]

DocBeav, are you a Corpsman? Two Navy-types get a SPECIAL tnx from me... Corpsman, they saved Marine lives.... and Seabees, they had the coldest water! Tnx, my friend! TTC

Was a Corpsman, Teams changed rates in 2007 and made the SO rate. (Special Operator). Same to you my friend! Semper Fi!

 

[doc-d]

The greatest danger we have today is our military civilian and flag officer leadership, the council on foreign relations, the UN, etc.....at the heart of this is a spiritual crisis in America and there is no political solution, to a spiritual crisis......

 

[wvplug]

A bullet.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Please keep politics out of threads..






American by birth, Patriot by choice.

I would rather die standing on my two feet defending our Constitution than live a lifetime on my knees......

 

[Red James Cash]

What is the most dangerous thing in the military?

As has been proven through time since the dawn of civilization,the most dangerous thing in the military undoubtedly is an idiot in charge.

 

[Lost2Much]

The most dangerous thing in the military...........is coming home from Vietnam!

 

[VERDE]

Hey FreedomUIC!! No question about it, a PO'ed 19 year old Marine with his Matte-Matel Locked and Cocked!! AMERICA!! GOOD LUCK and GOOD HUNTING!! VERDE!!

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Mfloyd, please remember we are family friendly.






American by birth, Patriot by choice.

I would rather die standing on my two feet defending our Constitution than live a lifetime on my knees......

 

[SADS 669]

I have looked through this thread with interest and am very surprised everyone has completely missed the point. There is only 1 danger in any military situation and that is...........

An officer with a map. Everything else " can" be fixed.

 

[CaptEsteban]

In 1969 , " RPG's " worried us in an armored cav unit. Today , I would think I.E.D.'s would be the worst worry.

 

[Dave Rishar]

Submariner with a loaded firearm on a hot range. The bad guys never got that close to killing me.

The hole in my blouse (no hole in me, thank you very much) changed the way that we did business at that particular command. I don't know where things stand now, but I do remember that this was the only time that I was escorted off my own range.

 

[SADS 669]

Submariner with a loaded firearm on a hot range. The bad guys never got that close to killing me. The hole in my blouse (no hole in me, thank you very much) changed the way that we did business at that particular command. I don't know where things stand now, but I do remember that this was the only time that I was escorted off my own range.

Come on Dave, don't leave us hanging, tell us some of the names you called him......

 

[Dave Rishar]

Come on Dave, don't leave us hanging, tell us some of the names you called him......

I shouldn't go into detals here, but I'm pretty sure that I called him both a jerk and a doodoohead at some point. I did draw down on him (as far as I was concerned, he'd engaged me after all) and this might have complicated things. It all was sorted in the end. In 2004, I was ready to kill that maternal effer, and just might have done so if others hadn't acted. I don't remember his name, but if he somehow remembers mine and finds this - I'm over it. We're all good, dude. I'm on a different timeline now.

As I said, things changed on the range after that. We began to assign more line coaches to prevent that sort of thing from happening in the first place, and we range personnel were required to wear flak jackets. I pointed out that our protective gear would not stop a 9mm projectile, let alone the nasty stuff, and I was shut down. I don't know what they're doing these days and honestly, I don't care anymore. It's no longer my problem. I did what I could while I was there. It wasn't just us that had problems either. The MARDET that worked with us was having their own problems. It came to a head when they got hammered for not taking down a guy that swept the line. Then we were like, "So you want us to tackle the next guy that does that?" And that wasn't what they wanted, but it was what they wanted, and...yeah, military.

Eventually we wound up with a DIVO that came to us from the SEALs. Things on the O-Gang end were getting better when I left, but it got turned over to contractors shortly after that. I don't know what the hell is going on there now. More to the point, I haven't asked. It's out of my hands and that's not what I do anymore.

I've still got that blouse somewhere, and I'm still in touch with a few people that remember that incident...the time when the guy who didn't lose his cool, lost his cool. To be fair to myself, this was early 2004, following up an exciting (and long) 2003 deployment, and I was not in my right mind back then. I eventually got my crap together (possibly in the oddest way possible) and it all worked out.

But yeah...range qualifications with certain communities could be nerve-wracking. I'm proud to state that we had no serious injuries while I was there. (Nothing related to bullets, anyway. The Beretta M9 could and did punish improper grip placement.)