[gearhounds]

"Is it a possibility that the victims were unarmed? I remember having to unload our weapons prior to entering the chow hall due to other service members being uncomfortable around loaded firearms. This was also the moment I decided not to re-enlist."

Ridiculous, and I could understand how the writing on the wall would discourage a good soldier from hanging around. It takes you from armed combatant, to possibly what we see above in the original post; a victim.

Back on post: Stay perpetually in condition yellow under all circumstances, and be ready to ramp it up at a moments notice; you are a combatant in a war zone, no matter how safe you are told you are in certain areas. This guy couldn't shoot everybody at once, so I suppose the first step would be to get moving. A moving target is much harder to hit than a static one. Look for anything that could work as a weapon, or an avenue of escape, and then locate a weapon. Obviously, never give up.