[BluH2o]

The two times I pulled a pin on a live grenade, I couldn't wait to get rid of it as quickly as I could and as far away from me as possible.

Remember getting my butt kicked during grenade familiarization at ITR Camp Geiger (NC). I threw the grenade like a baseball instead of lobbing it ... it landed and exploded in the target area ... but apparently my throwing style didn't meet with the instructors idea of good form. Just two weeks later a training instructor, not mine, was killed when a 'student' Marine dropped a live grenade.

[edpc]

Just two weeks later a training instructor, not mine, was killed when a 'student' Marine dropped a live grenade.

Yeah...they had a hold on our belts ready to yank us into a small trench in case someone got butter fingers. It made it a little tough to throw when you're being administered an atomic wedgie, but somehow, I managed.

[Beckwith]

Just two weeks later a training instructor, not mine, was killed when a 'student' Marine dropped a live grenade.

Same thing happened when I was in Basic. I suspect a lot of drill instructors are killed in this fashion.