Your Weapon

This will be important later so you need to understand something ---

From the moment you don your combat boots and BDU's in Baisic Training there's one thing that is DRILLED into your head:

YOU NEVER LEAVE YOUR WEAPON!  EVER!  NEVER!  NEVER!

You get your weapon (and oh, excuse me --its not a GUN) from the Arms Room.  You carry your weapon with you.  You keep your weapon with you until you turn it back into the Arms Room.  Got it?

But what if I have to eat? 

Well, if you're going to chow you leave someone outside to guard the weapons but other than that --your weapon will be with you at all times even when eating outside or in the field.

But what if I have to go to the bathroom? 

Sling that bad-boy across your shoulder and you do what you gotta do.

So I can't just give it to my buddy to hold?

DID YOU NOT HEAR ME?  YOU NEVER LEAVE YOUR WEAPON.  EVER.  NO, YOUR BUDDY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR WEAPON.

Okay serisouly people, I don't think you get it.  When can you leave your weapon?  NEVER! 

Can't I just lay it down on the ground for a second while I . . . .

YOU CAN NEVER LAY YOUR WEAPON DOWN ON THE GROUND . . .

Oh, I'm getting so tired of explaining this ---YOU NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER leave your weapon.

What if . . .

THERE ARE NO WHAT-IFS.  YOU NEVER LAY YOUR WEAPON DOWN, YOU NEVER LEAVE YOUR WEAPON!!

So when I'm in the field and we're sleeping . . what do I do with my weapon?

Good question, glad you asked.  Your weapon will be in your sleeping bag with you --RIGHT next to you IN the sleeping bag WITH you.

That doesn't sound very comfortable --can't I just . .

YOU CAN SLEEP WITH YOUR WEAPON IN YOUR SLEEPING BAG.  THAT'S IT!  YOUR WEAPON WILL BE WITH YOU AT ALL TIMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Geesh, okay, I got it.  No problem.

Great -----now let's move on.