How are handguns carried in the .Mil (one in the pipe, etc.)?

[jermzzzzzzz]

Security Forces we keep one in the pipe, weapon on fire, hammer not cocked in our M9's at home station because of our LE role. M4's have empty chambers with magazines loaded. Downrange everything's ready to rock if your outside the wire. If not, empty chambers for all.

[SGT Loco]

There have been quite a few ND's lately, stupid AF trying to be like the Army and have people pull the trigger at the clearing barrel.

A small part of me is highly amused when people forget to drop the magazine when clearing their weapons

[EchoFourTango]

Out side the wire we would go condition 1.
Inside was condition 4.

[Comcam]

A small part of me is highly amused when people forget to drop the magazine when clearing their weapons

Dude your telling me. I had some DoD civilian I had to clear, holy poop, talk about fiddle $%#$#$ your weapon. This lady was ancient and here she is in the Stan.

[Zimz]

Airforce SOP is one in the chamber, hamer back, safety on. Also no excuses for ND because there signes at every clearing barrell telling you what to do!

[Shortround777]

LMAO, UR supposed to pull the trigger at the clearing barrel, trick is to drop your mag 1st and then rack the slide.

[its mcgavin son]

Beyond proximity of our FOB was condition 1; inside of the FOB was condition 3

[negolien]

Ya know I was just thinking this morning simple answers like the above are ok but we should always be careful after Fort Hood and the Pentagon shootings to remember opsec. We sometimes forget being at home but the ole phrase loose lips sink ships still applies tmi is available sometimes :<(.. dang that intraweb thingy...

[doug-y-doug]

On the ship, it was always condition 1 (round in the chamber and safety on) for watchstanders with the M9 and condition 3 (no round in the chamber and safety on) for rovers with the M16.

[epilepticninja]

Airforce SOP is one in the chamber, hamer back, safety on. Also no excuses for ND because there signes at every clearing barrell telling you what to do!

That's funny, I never carried the M9 with the hammer back (nor is it designed to be carried like that.) And neither have I seen anyone in the Air Force carrying it like that.

[Flipper]

^ Think he was back from the days of the 1911. As for the M9, you are dead on.

[Comcam]

Yup no way you carry the M9 with the hammer back, thats asking for trouble. Flipper is correct that the hammer for the 1911's stay cocked back.

I had my M9 on fire and ready to rock and roll and one in the chamber with my musket with it on safe today as I walked to the front of my base to pick someone up from out in town. Don't $%^& around in the wild west.

[nyj09]

My brother served two terms in Iraq and said that they USED to be able to carry their m9's, but a couple of guys were shooting apples of each-others hands... eventually a marine had a hole in his hand, and they all lost their sidearms.

Sorry that I didn't really input to your question, I just thought that story should be told