Quote Originally Posted by Forwhat420
Soldiers carry weapons back on the plane because this is who the weapon is issued to. Therefore no one is responsible for there weapon but that individual soldier. So until that weapon is turned back in, it goes anywhere that soldier goes. How do I know? Because i carried mine back in 2003!!!! Somebody asked this i dont remeber who.
I second that: your weapon is issued at your home base and that weapon is yours unless you are assigned to another unit at which time you turn in your weapon and recieve another one at your new site. Even clerks are assigned a weapon because you are a fighting man first and an assigned worker second. Loss of a weapon usually means a courts martial. That weapon goes with you wherever you go untill you can safely store it in the armory at your home base. Even then, you usually have to clean it at least once a month.