{"id":31587,"date":"2012-08-17T17:59:05","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T21:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=31587"},"modified":"2012-08-17T18:47:49","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T22:47:49","slug":"you-had-o-be-told","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=31587","title":{"rendered":"You had to be told?"},"content":{"rendered":"

H1 sends an NBC link<\/a> to the US military’s latest “no shit” moment;<\/p>\n

All U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan are to be required to have a fully loaded magazine in their weapons at all times in response to a spike in attacks by rogue members of the Afghan government\u2019s forces.<\/p>\n

A senior military official told NBC News that the order “could save precious seconds” in responding to a so-called “green-on-blue” attack and hopefully save lives.<\/p>\n

The U.S. military-wide order was issued after six Marines were killed by members of the Afghan forces in two separate attacks last week. Two U.S. service members and an Afghan police officer were also killed Friday by a newly recruited Afghan village police officer, according to officials.<\/p>\n

U.S. military officials told NBC News that the new order did not mean personnel were required to keep a round in the chamber.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, it’s like the military just discovered that soldiers with loaded weapons are safer. I wonder who figured that shit out.<\/p>\n

So to whoever it was that asked the question why he was only reading on this blog that folks weren’t armed, it’s because folks who are currently in Afghanistan were telling us about their recent experiences – I wasn’t just pulling it out of my ass. I’m not saying that it was happening in every unit, but it seems to me that a prospective murderer would pick targets who are unarmed, otherwise there wouldn’t be quite so many Afghans escaping to safety or being simply arrested.<\/p>\n

I don’t know who at the Pentagon decided this was a good idea, but I’m glad they finally did. Of course, it naturally follows their plan to face their desks towards the door of their respective offices.<\/p>\n

More from Fox News<\/a>;<\/p>\n

The directive, confirmed by Fox News, was issued by International Security Assistance Force Commander Gen. John Allen. It says that troops should no longer simply keep ammunition magazines close by — instead, those magazines should be loaded in the weapons. <\/p>\n

Depending on where troops are stationed in Afghanistan, this is not an entirely new practice. At Bagram Air Base, for example, weapons carried by NATO troops are often inspected upon entry to make sure they are loaded. But that was not the practice at ISAF headquarters in Kabul where service members have, until now, been directed to empty their ammunition upon entering the base. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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