tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585442725225382080.post4819300081613732703..comments2023-06-17T06:59:05.555-05:00Comments on Target: Babies in Open.<br> Fire For Effect.: 1911Comrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585442725225382080.post-38558992360390020342013-11-17T18:59:47.782-06:002013-11-17T18:59:47.782-06:00A long time ago there were times when we might hav...A long time ago there were times when we might have been loading ASROC missiles (though only some of them), that my destroyer had half a dozen sailors armed with .45s, along with a BAR or two, M2 carbines and Thompson subs on the deck and pier. Other times we only had one sailor armed with a .45. Whenever we carried the .45, it always had a loaded magazine in it, but no round chambered. The only times they were fully loaded was when someone screwed up on the turn-over of the weapon at watch change of the Petty Officer of the Watch. <br /><br /> Roy in Nipomohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320454248932639910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585442725225382080.post-17589886742860210362011-04-04T10:28:27.243-05:002011-04-04T10:28:27.243-05:00The Petty Officer of the Watch (Quarterdeck) was a...The Petty Officer of the Watch (Quarterdeck) was armed. There was also an armed roving security watch. Some ships armed the Command Duty Officer when the ship was not at a Navy base.<br /><br />Back in the days of cash payrolls, the disbursing officer and his clerk were armed when they went to pick up the payroll. <br /><br />There were other armed watches, as the case may be. I was on one deployed ship that when it was in port, had a M-60 gunner in the pilot house.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585442725225382080.post-56193439047199940392011-04-04T10:11:18.182-05:002011-04-04T10:11:18.182-05:00I forgot to mention, sometimes you also want the g...I forgot to mention, sometimes you also want the guy standing watching whoever is coming up the gangplank to have a sidearm, too. Or the fellows who are tasked with keeping folks out of places they should not be--like the magazines, particularly if you've got nuclear weapons in the magazine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585442725225382080.post-5652472180803191052011-04-04T10:03:50.307-05:002011-04-04T10:03:50.307-05:00Physioprof--
Occasionally, the sailors have to in...Physioprof--<br /><br />Occasionally, the sailors have to inspect ships for contraband or pirates or something, and it's handy to have something to defend yourself and use one hand to hang on. Also, sailors can be disembarked, given rifles, and used with Marines. This is scraping the bottom of the barrel, but it can be done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585442725225382080.post-81661340443052409302011-04-01T18:05:33.850-05:002011-04-01T18:05:33.850-05:00What's the purpose of Navy sailors having hand...What's the purpose of Navy sailors having handguns? (Other than blowing holes in quarterdeck awnings.)PhysioProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11046093902090839375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585442725225382080.post-32587067792835315142011-04-01T12:30:11.234-05:002011-04-01T12:30:11.234-05:00Well said my friend.Well said my friend.chief torpedomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07215678110153836007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585442725225382080.post-6003094454980560802011-03-30T19:08:39.615-05:002011-03-30T19:08:39.615-05:00Well, they have holed many a quarterdeck awning I ...Well, they have holed many a quarterdeck awning I imagine.<br /><br />steve cpo rets4e4https://www.blogger.com/profile/07466083246281001095noreply@blogger.com