Malfunction Assignment Analysis

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Harold Sandoval, 04 Jun 17, reflection assignment, hasa03953, TSF 100 Wk. 7

The chapter for this week of the course was chapter six: Malfunctions terminology. I was so relieved to see this was what we were covering for the week. This is like second nature to grunts, and those around firearms a lot. However, just because I served in the military that didn't mean I was familiar with some of the definitions. So it was nice to get a full, and comprehensive explanation on the causes of the malfunction, and their respective corrective actions. I remember on my Active Duty days we used the term "ND" for negligent discharge in the late 90's. Fast forward to the Global War on Terror it was changed to "AD", or accidental discharge. I always wondered why that was, until a Sergeant First Class one day told me "Due to the politically correct, and it sounds less harming than it's previous nomenclature".
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In particular the text covering squibs, cook-offs, and hammer bite. It did convey a rather great insight into limp wristing though. I am surprised how many times I see this on a trip to the range. Texans are known for fighting, and their guns...so it's rather embarrassing. The material presented was very accurate, and simple to envision via description. With firearms we have to pay special attention while shooting. It helps prevent injuries to the shooters, and their weapons. I have seen a few weapons malfunctions in my fifteen year career with the Army. One resulted in amputated fingers in a M1A main battle tank's 105mm breech. To a feed cover exploding, negligent discharges by others that were almost "blue on blue". Safety is really paramount when not only dealing with firearms, but with their malfunctions

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