Saturday, February 14, 2004
Missing Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW)
We got word through the rumor mill that a weapon was missing. A senior NCO came around with an amnesty box the side of an ammo can, so we naturally figured it was an M9, pistol. After the amnesty box was full of knives and who knows what else, all of the SAW gunners were told to report downstairs to the classroom and the barracks were locked down. We were all asked if we turned in our weapons. After we all said yes, we were read our rights which are a little different than Miranda rights, as we fall under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. After asking about certain weapons the Officer In Charge (OIC) focused on one weapon in particular. After asking about it a few times, we were dismissed to our rooms. For the rest of the night we were in lock down with the lights on and guards posted in the hallways. This continued until about 1000 the next day, when we learned informally that the weapon was found at a maintenance shop; they figured it was there the whole time, but since they didn’t have a receipt for it, they had to go through the above procedures. No formal announcement was made by the OIC.
We got word through the rumor mill that a weapon was missing. A senior NCO came around with an amnesty box the side of an ammo can, so we naturally figured it was an M9, pistol. After the amnesty box was full of knives and who knows what else, all of the SAW gunners were told to report downstairs to the classroom and the barracks were locked down. We were all asked if we turned in our weapons. After we all said yes, we were read our rights which are a little different than Miranda rights, as we fall under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. After asking about certain weapons the Officer In Charge (OIC) focused on one weapon in particular. After asking about it a few times, we were dismissed to our rooms. For the rest of the night we were in lock down with the lights on and guards posted in the hallways. This continued until about 1000 the next day, when we learned informally that the weapon was found at a maintenance shop; they figured it was there the whole time, but since they didn’t have a receipt for it, they had to go through the above procedures. No formal announcement was made by the OIC.
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