You're absolutely correct. The command's response to:I’ll bet the USN’s response wasn’t to ensure the individuals/units in these incidents were properly trained. It was probably to add more rules and restrictions, and effectively disarm more members of the military. Example: when I flew into combat, I wasn’t allowed to load my pistol. Pure bureaucratic stupidity.
was to vacuum up all the rounds from the squadron. Everyone was like WTF? We're in the fucking desert in Iraq with no bullets? A basic knee-jerk reaction.-1st deployment to Iraq: E-4 shoots a hole through meaty part of his palm, while trying to teach E-3 how to strip down the M-9 pistol. Evac'ed to Germany.