Has anyone figured out if they have bullets?
Cartridges.
My uncle (National Guard) was sent to Detroit during the riots of the 60s. The thing that made him the maddest was that they weren’t allowed to have ammunition in their guns.
Usually one guy will have 1 mag with 20 rounds but the rest will have nothing. God help the guy if he uses or loses those rounds. 3 guys with guns can grab some nice M4S.
Has anyone figured out if they have bullets?
Those sidearms most assuredly are at condition one. Ours were when we stood guard post 9/11 in the airports. As for the M4s we had a mix of A2/A3s and M4s anyone above the rank of Sgt had live rounds in there mags but they were at condition 3. E5 and under had A2/3 at condition 4 with an empty mag in the weapon and five loaded mags in the battle rattle that was for regular soldiers. Those who were 95 bravo fully qualified MPs regardless of rank had M4s condition 3 slung over and M9s at condition one regular soldiers back then didn’t have sidearms post 9/11 in the airports only the MPs.