mljdeckard
Member
These days, it's a lot of, "whatever your unit has available, and whatever your armorer feels like issuing."
On my last deployment, they issued us hammered A-2s and M-9s. The reasong was, we were support troops on the tail end of the war, and they didn't awant us to get the new toys all dinged up. It was a good call, because we were able to leave our rifles in our secured office, and just carry pistols. As for status, we issued them to E-4s who had never fired a pistol before. I had to give basic instruction to a lot of them before they went to qualify.
On my last deployment, they issued us hammered A-2s and M-9s. The reasong was, we were support troops on the tail end of the war, and they didn't awant us to get the new toys all dinged up. It was a good call, because we were able to leave our rifles in our secured office, and just carry pistols. As for status, we issued them to E-4s who had never fired a pistol before. I had to give basic instruction to a lot of them before they went to qualify.