I agree. Even as an officer, I had a rifle with me when I left the FOB in Afghanistan. I don’t think I ran into anyone in Afghanistan who had used their M-9s at all. Any use it saw was trivial compared to the rifle.
Mr Rogers, you are absolutely correct! I hate the M9. If I had my way, I would have carried my Randall 45; only because its so cool and manly.
But this is about wasting valuable National Resources on a fix that does not exist. Every Marine I EVER met wants to carry a 45; who could blame them. Somebody has to be the guy to say “Sorry Boys” there is just no data that indicates that our current pistol does not meet the requirement.
I’ve Never see a singly guy outside the wire, without a PSD, who did not have a M4/M16A4. So why are we wasting this money??