tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post8187278202592006076..comments2023-12-27T13:35:09.431-07:00Comments on Exile in Portales: I Got It!Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-38168978182204970352014-05-08T10:31:59.775-06:002014-05-08T10:31:59.775-06:00I KNEW it!I KNEW it!Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-1229544794254710872014-05-07T20:21:24.774-06:002014-05-07T20:21:24.774-06:00OK, then the second thing I do is put a senior NCO...OK, then the second thing I do is put a senior NCO in charge. :)HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-48293135721878979982014-05-07T16:54:55.228-06:002014-05-07T16:54:55.228-06:00@juvat: Yow! @juvat: Yow! Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-3274869848315946102014-05-07T15:32:09.489-06:002014-05-07T15:32:09.489-06:00Yes, but you can't make a bayonet inoperable, ...Yes, but you can't make a bayonet inoperable, just dull. Our ROTC unit had a drill team and we drilled with sabers. Sharp edge was rounded smooth. Distinctly remember practice one late fall night with a bit of chill in the air, spinning the sabers and catching them. One kid threw his up in the air, and caught it flat bladed so the hilt and the point formed a nice bow around his chilled hand, just numb enough for the steel to flex the other way before he could issue the instruction to his hand to close. The saber wobbled into air and progressed towards another cadet standing with his back to it. FORTUNATELY, it stuck between his shoulder width spread feet and made itself known by tapping the insides of each leg with the hilt. Practice was dismissed.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-33620793610160029602014-05-07T14:53:07.480-06:002014-05-07T14:53:07.480-06:00I'm pretty sure they have bayonets, Moogie.I'm pretty sure they have bayonets, Moogie.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-87978308703147280772014-05-07T14:52:33.805-06:002014-05-07T14:52:33.805-06:00Heh. Smart. Very smart.Heh. Smart. Very smart.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-39340556232393111382014-05-07T14:52:14.855-06:002014-05-07T14:52:14.855-06:00I've handled Garands, but never in the course ...I've handled Garands, but never in the course of my AF duties. I was always a carbine or a sidearm (.38 revolver, in my day) kinda guy.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-55549532178861940712014-05-07T13:32:23.227-06:002014-05-07T13:32:23.227-06:00I LOVE drill teams! I can't tell from the pic ...I LOVE drill teams! I can't tell from the pic whether they have bayonets fixed. Bayonets can't be rendered inoperable!<br />Moogie Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05665429537064900337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-64122419060417845672014-05-07T12:23:24.111-06:002014-05-07T12:23:24.111-06:00The very first thing I'd do before I handed a ...The very first thing I'd do before I handed a rifle off to cadets.... was make it inoperable. Jst sayin.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-49445339235770480702014-05-07T10:47:08.884-06:002014-05-07T10:47:08.884-06:00The last "piece" I ever handled with any...The last "piece" I ever handled with any regularity was the M1.<br />It was the first thing for which they gave any of us rounds.<br />The everyday "piece" was a Springfield, which we got to lug just about everywhere, but was just for show because it had been rendered inoperable.<br />Both were heavy iron.<br />(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.com