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Originally Posted by Ambush Master
Don't Sweat it!! Let's all do as Brothers do and just settle down for a Brew!!
Later
Martin
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Who's buying the first round?
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The big thing is lightly oil, wipe dry.
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This is what I was told at Camp Mackall in July 1970. We were issued old, rusting, (some) bent M-14's and told there was a weapons' inspection in two hours. We cleaned furiously, then mustered on the concrete in front of the only tarpaper shack classroom. "Bear" Martin was the inspector and he didn't check a single M-14. He had us open our ammo pouches and pulled out a magazine to inspect.
We all failed. He then told us to check and clean them - as noted above. (From then on, most of the time we referred to him as "Magazine" Martin.)
Lesson learned with NO shouting, pushups, or punishment. It was then that I realized I was probably going to love Special Forces - if I made it all the way through (which I seriously doubted at that moment).