This is pure BS. The last time we tried this “social experiment” (United States Marine Corps Barracks, Beirut, October 23, 1983) it cost 242 of my Brothers their lives. Requiring a Marine to part from his weapon is the same as asking him to saw off his own arm. Leadership on the ground (Officer and Enlisted) should be raising pure HELL about this to whomever it takes to get this reversed! I am totally disgusted at the thought of placing these Marines in harms way without the tools necessary to defend themselves. Well if the crap hits the fan I’m sure some latte sucking Washington bureaucrat will expect the Marines to simply throw cans of condensed milk at the enemy.
No Weapons. No Marines. No Aid. No Compromise!
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