moxie
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JoeSchmoe,
I am an ex-soldier and I believe the situation you describe was a real, not perceived, danger. Very poor discipline. If I'd been the CO I would have welcomed your comments. The only time a soldier should ever point a weapon at a person in a training situation is carefully controlled force on force exercises, including MILES. Even then, a guy was killed not long ago during one of these through complacency, someone's weapon was in fact loaded. http://www.bluesheepdog.com/2010/09/24/another-law-enforcement-training-death/
I am an ex-soldier and I believe the situation you describe was a real, not perceived, danger. Very poor discipline. If I'd been the CO I would have welcomed your comments. The only time a soldier should ever point a weapon at a person in a training situation is carefully controlled force on force exercises, including MILES. Even then, a guy was killed not long ago during one of these through complacency, someone's weapon was in fact loaded. http://www.bluesheepdog.com/2010/09/24/another-law-enforcement-training-death/