Dont sell USGI marked magazines.

[LSUSMC]

Oh Please! All they have to do is go 2 miles from the Front Gate of Camp Lejune where the Marine soldiers buy them with their own money along with other essential gear before they deploy for combat because our "Fu ed Up" government only issues them 2............ Such a joke!

Did you hear this story from a "Marine Soldier" or did you just make it up?

 

[Hitman]

Working on Polk myself, I can tell you this is all about BooKoo and Soldiers. CID is actively selling and buying Government Equipment on there. Call it Entrapment or whatever but that's what is happening. Mags would be a stretch though considering none of them are marked GI. We find them everywhere. In the trash in the solid waste stream in warehouse quadcons....everywhere, especially after Rotational Unit Training. We turn them in to North Fort for re-issue

If I had to guess this is more about CIF Gear and deployment issue gear like SureFires, Duece Gear, Scopes and NVG mounts etc.

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[Vermiform]

It's the abundance of new members, all derping together. Eventually the ban hammer will rid many of them and the others will go back to the deep caverns of derpedness.

Go easy on them. Some will become productive members if given the chance. If you dig back though here a number of years, I have had had some derp moments of my own.

 

[Dishonored]

Go easy on them. Some will become productive members if given the chance. If you dig back though here a number of years, I have had had some derp moments of my own.

Oh not all of them. Just some. I have met some of the new members, good people. But some not so much. Hell I have a couple dumb moments lol I went through "initiation" so I am just passing the favor along

 

[22lr]

Working on Polk myself, I can tell you this is all about BooKoo and Soldiers. CID is actively selling and buying Government Equipment on there. Call it Entrapment or whatever but that's what is happening. Mags would be a stretch though considering none of them are marked GI. We find them everywhere. In the trash in the solid waste stream in warehouse quadcons....everywhere, especially after Rotational Unit Training. We turn them in to North Fort for re-issue

If I had to guess this is more about CIF Gear and deployment issue gear like SureFires, Duece Gear, Scopes and NVG mounts etc.

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Explain this to a AF guy please.

Does the Army not hold soldiers accountable for there gear? Heck, the POS canteen and pistol belt I was issued from the AF are on my equipment account and are accountable items that I will have to pay for if I cant turn them in when the time comes. I just cant fathom how this is a problem for the Army. I guess I don't know much about how the other branches work, but how do they account for the gear?

 

[oleheat]

Isn't it generally a good rule of thumb to not buy or sell stolen goods?

 

[RyanW]

Ok, first of all, I've never been given only 2 mags in the Marine Corps, even for my pistol. At LEAST 4 rifle and 3 pistol mags, just for basic base security. Second, all mags made during the ban were marked, regardless of where they came from. I've bought brand new mags direct from the manufacturer that were marked. I'd love them to try something with all of my HK mags with build dates prior to the US military ever having them.

You don't have to PROVE that you bought them legally, they have to prove that you didn't. It's ironically called "Burden of Proof."

 

[kengel2]

Nobody going to combat is sent to war with 2 magazines. They may not receive their basic load until they arrive in country but they aren't going in harms way with 2 mags.

This, we never even went to the range with less than 6.

 

[geauxbubba]

Go easy on them. Some will become productive members if given the chance. If you dig back though here a number of years, I have had had some derp moments of my own.

I couldn't agree more. Lighten up guys!

 

[Hitman]

Did you hear this story from a "Marine Soldier" or did you just make it up?

I saw "Marine Soldier" and all credibility went out the window. Lol

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[Vanilla Gorilla]

Ok, first of all, I've never been given only 2 mags in the Marine Corps, even for my pistol. At LEAST 4 rifle and 3 pistol mags, just for basic base security. Second, all mags made during the ban were marked, regardless of where they came from. I've bought brand new mags direct from the manufacturer that were marked. I'd love them to try something with all of my HK mags with build dates prior to the US military ever having them.

You don't have to PROVE that you bought them legally, they have to prove that you didn't. It's ironically called "Burden of Proof."

The UK MoD and the US Army XM8 program were the original customer for those garbage mags so there are none that predate the US Mil having them.

 

[Hitman]

Explain this to a AF guy please.

Does the Army not hold soldiers accountable for there gear?

Well I think the thing is like most gargantuan organizations that deal with hundreds of thousands of people and millions of pieces of gear and equipment, KEEPING UP WITH IT! is damn near impossible. So you do the best you can. All Branches deal with it of course but the Army has two major things going against it. A larger Budget to buy more ****, and MORE PEOPLE to deal with.

Fort Polk however is unique in that it's the JRTC(Joint Rediness Training Facility).

So Lots of Units flow in and out and they leave and lose lots of gear behind. This gear is collected and re-distributed as much as possible.

All of this will be slowing down for two reasons on Fort Polk.
1 - Whenever they decide whatever they're going to do with Mags and Rifles
2 - OP Tempo is ever decreasing with Iraq and Afghan coming to an End.

 

[jguilletjr]

You said, and I quote: "Military wants to take your magazines."


Again, what does that article have to do with the linked story?

Also, what does that story have to do with my magazines?
I don't buy surplus.


And to the moron that wrote the story, you're in Louisiana learn to spell beaucoup!

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+1 on the spelling

 

[JNieman]

those garbage mags

awwww snap. Here comes the Hk haterade talking about how you aren't civilized or smart enough to know why Hk mags are simply superior.

 

[Vanilla Gorilla]

I mean they are heavy, huge, they rust, and the followers bind up. But other than that they Are ****.

 

[SpeedRacer]

I mean they are heavy, huge, they rust, cost 3x as much as standard mags and the followers bind up. But other than that they Are ****.

FIFY

 

[Hitman]

I mean they are heavy, huge, they rust, and the followers bind up. But other than that they Are ****.

I love the Urban Dictionary definition for that;

'The ****'
The same as "The ****", only better because **** are great and **** isn't.

 

[fireworksman3]

wow...

 

[SeventhSon]

OH TEH NOES!!!! THIS IS INSANE! NEXT THEY WILL BE COMING FOR YOUR (MILITARY PROPERTY) AMMO CANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!