Sunday, May 23, 2010  Stupid Army risk aversion in combat zones.
Orders which cannot reasonably expected to be obeyed should not
be given.   Moe Death said...  Reminds me of the scene from
Aliens, where the corporate puke advises the troops to unload
their weapons. The two heavy gunners reload with ammo on the sly
and managed to save some of their guys. What idiot came up with
this idea? Oh... that's right... we have a Kenyan Commie in the
White House.  Anonymous said...  Weapons condition codes. A
weapon's readiness/safety status is described by one of four
conditions. The steps in the loading and unloading process take
the weapon through four specific levels of readiness for live
fire. (1) Condition 1. To place a weapon in condition 1, a round
must be in position to be fired and the safety must be on. (2)
Condition 2. To place the weapon in condition 2, a round must be
in place to be fired, the weapon's action must be closed, and
the hammer must be forward. (This condition only applies to
weapons that have