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Manta, in the U.S. military, the further removed from actual combat you are, the more skiddish those above you in the chain of command get concerning loaded weapons.

For instance, every time we came back inside our FOB, we had to go through the ritual of clearing our weapons and decharging our magazines.

It was procedure and that procedure was enforced. Remind me to tell you the story about the fat USAF Major who yelled at me for wearing gray socks and a para-cord bracelet one day.

Note: Decharging the mags everyday gave you the chance to inspect and clean them though. So that was good.