Typical Army BS. I read the entire article. Our troops are being shot at and executed, and these aholes up the ladder are concerned about 5 o'clock shadows, and keeping the Troops in short supply of AMMO!
It is an outrage and they must be out of their effing minds. They are going to have some serious problems with retention after this crap. It is really pissing me off.
it was the same way in nam in 70 & 71..i was in phu bia with the 101st , there wa a village (very small) 500 meters or so off our perimeter, itwas called a friendly fire zone..unless we were engaged, we had to call for permission to engage them even if they had set off trip flares in our wire......
this is stupid and will get lots of young men killed....."pc" is getting young men killed.......so very, very sad