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Originally Posted by ArmySGT.
There not considered an expendable item. A Unit is required to have so many on hand. Now Day to Day in Garrison, or to an FTX not a big deal. No one is going to need to draw their 7 mag issue. However not every magazine gets turned in after an FTX.
Going to War. The Commander has all his pre-inspections to do and the Armory Officer will have to come up with the required number for a complete issue to a unit.
I have never been in a Unit that couldn't pull together 100% after such a call for magazines; and still NCOs and some smart E4s still came up with extras.
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Same here: The only reason I think we came up 100% before our deployment is that our supply sergeant did a drug deal to have a couple of hundred mags 'appear' in his supply room.
By and large, a lot of us bought our own mags: they was generally better. Then, that wasn't a big deal. But over the last year they are cracking down hard on personally purchased equipment - and banning anything that didn't come out of the supply room according to my friends that are still in. They are not too happy about that as the stuff they buy from Ranger Joe's, Magpul, or US Cav is typically a *lot* better than issue stuff. This is damned if you do, damned if you don't: By having Joe buy his own shit, the unit saves money that could be spent on other things: however, if things worked the way they should, Joe shouldn't have too... so... *shrugs*
(No, thats not a For Real Drug Deal: its slang for doing side deals with others to get things on the down low- so higher doesn't have to know about it - and they usually don't want to!)