He’s at a firebase in the mountains and was probably racked out when the action started. When fire is coming in on you you don’t have the luxury of time to pull on your pants and blouse; you grab your body armor, weapon and put bullets on the bad guys. That is what will keep you and your buddies alive. Every weapon in the squad is important and essential to the effort and I’m sure his buddies might give him crap for some time to come but I’m also sure that they are glad he was out there asap doing his job.
I fail to see any humor in this story. Luckily he didn't get killed in his bunk.
The NY Times thought it would be a good front page story while putting Nancy Pelosi's lying news conference on page 20.