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Originally Posted by wishbone
Putting aside the legality of bringing a POW with you on deployment; how do you plan on getting ammunition for that pistol? Its a nice weapon, I've got one myself, but say you need to get resupplied on ammunition at some point. You're not much of an asset to the team with an empty pistol. Think about how to contribute to the team. It makes no difference what pistol you have. Spend your time shooting and doing pt. It will be more useful than being the one guy with a .40.
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Sir, thank you for the answer. The question came about from my cousin who was an armory sgt during the initial surge after 9-11. He told me that a lot of men in his battalion brought their own sidearms with them because of the shortage of available M9s. Also, the availability of ammunition didn't occur to me:/ Thanks for the clarification and I will think about it no more. As in pt, I acquired a copy of Get Selected! (If you have any knowledge on the reliability of this book I'd like to hear about it) and I'm doing my best to follow the tips and guidelines (land nav, rucking, road marching) to the letter to ensure my passing of selection.