[familyop]

Bikkuri wrote, in comment #56:
"When I came into service 1989, we were issued the AR (no auto).."

Bikkuri wrote, in comment #59:
"me being E13 (artillery advisor) on the battlefield, was no problem."

I've never heard of semi-auto ARs being issued in the Army, although some full-auto rifles had old receivers marked AR-15 in 1989. Never heard of an enlisted pay grade above E-9, either.

[Bikkuri]

Sorry.. meant MOS Echo13 (E13)... I was E-5 :p

Uhm.. we had no full auto when I came in (Only the 3 shot burst, or single shot option).. they were all Colt AR-15s.. M-16s were not a choice anymore.