[Thrownatbirth]

Sailors are horrible with firearms. I used to watch quals on the fantail for the hilarity.

[\/\/ayne]

Once I was at the qual firing range; had finished shooting and a couple of us were helping a squad member assigned to loading magazines out of boredom.

The group noticed that when some people passed I was turning and facing in various directions so they asked what I was doing.

\/\/ayne: "Well, some people in our battery I don't trust with a loaded weapon so I won't turn my back to them when they have one."

"Why?" they asked.

\/\/ayne: "Some because of stupidity, others I suspect of being evil."

This led to the group guessing why I avoided having my back to particular unit members, shouting "Evil!" or "Stupid!" in unison when I would turn as someone passed.

[DPMD]

If things in war get so bad the sailors must use sidearms instead of the naval guns...

[dis.kevin]

That’s because they don’t or at least didn’t trust us with them. The closest I got to a firearm in the Navy was to look at a 1911 in boot camp. On the one occasion that someone was issued a firearm was on a detachment to Roosevelt Rhodes PR. We had to help provide perimeter security for the base and on of my squadron mates was issued an M-16 and he thought he heard something in the brush and took a shot. Resulted in an investigation, but no punishment for the sailor.
The Navy didn’t trust me with a firearm but did allow me to load nuclear weapons. 🤣😂🤣