Category: Soldiering

Every combat soldier in the IDF is sent home on the weekends with his weapon, so there are fairly simple rules for carrying a weapon out of base.

• Keep your weapon strap always around you. Never take off your weapon and set it to the side.

• Before leaving base, make sure that your gun is empty, the magazine is detached from the weapon, and that the “MAC POREK” is secured in the bullet chamber, ensuring that no bullets are loaded in the rifle.

• Once at home, dismantle your weapon into 5 different pieces, and keep them behind two locks (one can be the front door to your house)
• If, on your way home, you encounter a threat, you may act accordingly to the rules of engagement of the IDF.

In addition to these rules, there are also the elementary IDF rules about handling weapons. These are rules that apply on or off base.

They include no playing with your weapon, no magazine will be loaded into the weapon unless instructed to or confronted with a threat, never aim your weapon at someone, and, when sleeping on base, always keep your weapon under your pillow or with the strap around your body.

_______________________________________________________________This sounds just like what they taught us at Ft. Dix! Grumpy