U.S. Marines conduct a beach assault with Peruvian marines in Salinas, Peru, July 11, 2010. The Marines are assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 24 aboard the USS New Orleans. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brian J. Slaght
Wow. Look at all those M4's in that squad! Has the table of equipment changed? Seems like the "Gunners" are making an end run around the Commandant and pushing M4's out to the Marines to justify the acquisition of the Infantry Automatic Rifle! If we have a Company of Marines that can't reach out and touch targets with M-16's then the need for precise automatic fire becomes more important.
A simple picture but I smell a rat!
Maybe the M-4's are all shiny and new and the SgtMaj wanted to look good for the Peruvians. :)
ReplyDeleteI just can't go down the un-authorized changes to the T&E road yet. Especially when I've seen Sgt's Maj do things just like I wrote there.
And that picture looks like a still from a tilt-shift video.
I took this photo... and it was taken from a 5D Mark II
ReplyDeleteHey Cpl.
ReplyDeleteawesome photo. if you have some in the trash bin send them this way.
another question for ya. are you Combat Camera or are you just filling the billet?
if you are Combat Camera then what's the deal with your weaponry. I saw Navy CC operating what looks to be a 10 inch barreled M4 (don't know the designation)...is that standard??