[Steel Wolf]

I carried a 1911 in 2004 in Iraq. The M9 is a cheap toy compared to it. I remember the first time we took our recently de-mothballed weapons to the range. (They probably hadn't seen daylight since Korea). We thought, wow, it's like an M9 for killing people, not annoying them.

Now if I had my proverbial druthers, I'd have carried my H&K USP .45. That thing is a beast and it's never failed me. Lots of SOF folks get their hands on Glocks or HKs, but with big Army, the decision will be highly political.

[SkyDancer]

My two brothers carried a 1911A1 in Iraq. Just before coming down here the family did an outing to the gun show. Dad picked up a new Springfield then bought me the .22 conversion kit for it. My personal gun is a Beretta Tomcat in .32acp loaded with hydra-shocks and Glaser Safeties. Nice purse gun.

[Sequoyah101]

USAF won’t let pilots carry personal side arm even if they supply own ammo. True? Why?

It would seem that when it is your own life on the line what you carry should be your decision.