An ex-Army co-worker related that guards in Korea had no ammo in their rifles but the sergeant had 3 rounds in his pistol!
Another,an ex-Marine ,in reference to my outrage at effectively unarmed guards in Lebanon ,said”you can’t trust those young guys with loaded guns”.
WTF!!!!
I was once an Air Force Security Policeman. I was at Kunsan AB Korea during the late ‘70s and my usual armament was both a .38 and 18 rounds and M16 with 240 rounds. My grenadier had M16 with M203 40mm grenade launcher with 240 and 40 rounds each. My machine gunner had an M60 with 2500 rounds. Drove around in a M706 or M113.