Roadside Sign on my Route to Work
Part of my new job is an office on the south side of the base. It is a 4 or 6 mile ride depending on wind direction. When I worked in the motor pool it was a one-mile ride, so I did not have to think too much about carrying a weapon, but now having the M-16 digging into my back every day I was trying to think of some better way to carry it. One of the aircraft mechanics said, "Break it in half and put it in your pack." He was right. I have to switch packs though. With the smaller pack I used today the barrel of my rifle stuck out just far enough that it hit the back of my helmet when I stood up to pedal. With the larger pack, the whole weapon will be inside.
An M-16 breaks in two pieces in about 10 seconds with just two pins so it is an easy solution to the problem of how to take my gun to work every day. When I ride around post for exercise in PT uniform I am exercising so I don't have to carry the weapon. MUCH easier that way.
It's the Army equivalent of those high heeled shoes with the collapsable heel, so you can walk in a flat and then switch to the heel when you get there! Ah, what everyone goes through to get to work.
ReplyDeleteCan't say I would want to be without an assembled and loaded weapon in a war zone; Iraq or Atlanta!
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