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Refusing to fire M-16 during weapons inspection and target practice

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While on stand down I was assigned to re-qualify men on the proper use of and proficiency with their M-16 rifles.  After re-qualifying several men, a man came to the firing range line and stated that he did not want to fire his M-16.  By the way he was carrying his M-16 and from the condition that it was in, covered with dried mud, I knew instinctively that his weapon was not his friend.  I instructed him to give the weapon to me.  He didn’t hesitate to hand it over to me.  I cleared the breach and looked for light coming down the barrel, there was none and no bullet.  I then turned the barrel towards me and saw that the barrel was full of dried mud.  You can’t imagine what was going through my mind!  I asked him for an answer as to why his weapon was in the condition it was in.  He said that he was drafted and trained to be a typist and then after he was in country he was assigned to combat infantrymen duty.  He said he had no desire to fire a weapon.  I took him to my sergeant for evaluation.


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