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COPYRIGHT 2005 U.S. Navy Safety Center
"Three days before Christmas, a destroyer was just under halfway through the holiday-leave period. A PO2--we'll call him Festus--was working in the general workshop after duty-section muster when the section leader came into the shop.
It seems the FN who was supposed to be standing sounding-and-security watch had neglected to bring his firearms qualification card to the ship. PO2 Festus was on the watchbill as in-port equipment monitor for later that day, but the section leader needed someone with a weapons qualification right now.
PO2 Festus followed the chief to the quarter-deck, where he was issued a 9-mm pistol, shoulder holster, and 45 rounds of ammo. Because it nearly was 0900 and the first sounding-and-security round hadn't been done yet, PO2 Festus donned his...
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