[P-Marlowe]

You’re supposed to always have your assigned weapon and a single magazine on you at all times, but the weapon is not to be loaded. It’s a safety issue, it has nothing to do with ROE. Calm down.

It is not a weapon UNTIL it is loaded.

[Future Snake Eater]

Spare me the semantics. It’s the rule on EVERY FOB in Iraq and Afghanistan. It’s saved many, many lives, I guarantee you. People, even Soldiers, get careless with their weapons. I would not want to be on a FOB where everyone was in red status at all times. It would only be a matter of time before some fool killed me by tripping over his sling or some such nonsense.

Once again, we have a FR thread populated almost exclusively by people who don’t have a GD clue what they’re talking about, but BY GOD do they feel very strongly about it!