[Halon]

The only time I was ever "armed" in the Marines was at rifle range when we would practice one week per year. And the one other time was a week I spent at port in the middle east, we were given ammo when we had watch. That's it. The other 99.9% of the time I was no where near an armed weapon, which includes my time in the middle east during OIF (other than my brief port visit mentioned above). Some people have this idea in their head of what the military is like. Bunch of highly trained badasses walking around ready to get down at any moment. Not reality. It's a bunch of 18-22 year Olds mostly just doing what kids that age do.