No rounds in the chamber?
It makes me get pains in my stomach.
This cannot be a real order.
This sounds like a case where the soldier needs to tell his NCO or officer to go eff himself and load up.
What are they gonna do? Bend his dogtags and send him to Afghanistan?
It most certainly can. And probably is.
An AF Sargent I met some years ago told me they had those orders during his 2 tours of Bosnia. You were not allowed to load your weapon until *after* you were fired upon.
Where is the ACLU on this? Seems to me the military has no legal right to put soldiers into potential combat situations without firearms that are loaded. Ought to be in court right now.........Uh, wait, could it be the ACLU doesn't give a $hit about the lives of our servicemen??