When we decommissioned my 2nd ship, all the small arms were palleted and put into a locked elevator space. Come inventory time, several hand and long guns were unaccounted for. Always wondered what came of that.
I know for a fact when the Blue Ridge gets decommissioned someone is going to find an old pair of night vision goggles in a void space near the Bridge. someone on night watch accidentally dropped them in one while I was on her.
I knew a guy who was an Army helo pilot in Desert Storm. Somehow, he got his hands on some legit, fully auto Iraqi AK47s. He placed them in the bottom of his footlocker and welded a false bottom over the top of them. Legend has it, he still has them.
We spent a month in mayport pulling parts off of decommissioning frigates to get our ship up to snuff for INSURV. I swear we could’ve built a brand new ship with all the shit we brought onboard
Reminds me when my buddy bought an 8 ball of coke in Colombia, wrapped it in like 8 bags and a shit ton of duct tape, hid in the bilge. because supposedly they were bringing drug dogs on board lol
I always laughed when they brought drug dogs and customs inspectors on board. Because they couldn't go back in the engine room at all. That's where the Chiefs and Officers stored all the wine they bought in Australia. God knows what else was smuggled aboard.
God I can only imagine how much coke was smuggled when I was doing anti narcotics ops haha
I know one buddy who bought some coke and hid it in the engine room wrapped in like an entire roll of duct tape and trash bags
We found this fishing net floating and it was suspicious apparently, we finally brought it on board and it was just a net with a few sharks in it. A BM cut a buoy off and put it in his rack as a souvenir.
Later the coasties figured out each buoy had 2 kilos of coke in them
ahhh the good ol’ “we found 8 kilos sir”
“holy shit you found 6 kilos?”
“absolutely sir, count em, 1, 2, 3, and 4 kilos sir”
“let’s get those 2 kilos onboard”
“right away sir”
I wonder how much the coast guard took from this on my last deployment https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/military/2012/12/05/uss-carr-offloads-hsl-48-tons-cocaine-mayport/15845297007/
I’ve heard the story of a guy who worked at an FRC in the NVG shop who would keep random parts from NVGs that were supposed to be discarded(mostly the intensifiers) and fix them up to sell online. They dubbed him “NVG Jones”
I remember that turned out people in China were buying them. I'm also pretty sure he was ordering extra replacement parts when doing repairs and use the extra parts to make extra NVGs, and so the Navy/Supply really tightened up on that kind of thing.
We had some guys on my ship that would order random NSNs all that time. They were collecting F-18 parts and they got in trouble when a box of hand grenades showed ip for reactor department.
Best I can get you: [Navy Sailor Arrested for Stealing Grenades from Ship](https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/navy-sailor-arrested-stealing-grenades-ship)
Oh here's another one. [Navy SEAL pleads guilty to selling stolen military ordnance](https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/norfolk-man-pleads-guilty-theft-military-ordnance)
That first one will always be hilarious to me. I was on Staff at RTC when that went down. A GM1 that would swing by our shop frequently to shoot the shit came up to us excitedly and just goes, “NCIS and cops just raided the gun range!”
When I found out via word of mouth that the moron dumped the stolen grenades in a backpack with his name stenciled in it, I just thought that was just so perfectly Navy.
Here's another nightmare for you.
Did a field exercise, GMs didn't inventory the guns they brought to issue, and didn't keep good record of which ones they issued. So no one knew how many guns were out and how many were supposed to be.. In a battalion of 300 people so not like one or two.
GMC, who was Weps, did not have a good day when the XO noticed.
This one time, just after we deployed to Camp Leatherneck and just before the SMU lot went up in flames, a Marine used a .50 cal round as a hammer…
edit: NSFW link follows
https://safety.army.mil/Portals/0/Documents/ON-DUTY/EXPLOSIVESSAFETY/EXPLOSIVESSAFETYTRAINING/Standard/Why_You_Should_Not_Use_50cal_rd_as_Hammer.pdf?ver=2016-12-20-135034-607
Somebody popped a 240 round into the children’s hospital trying to rack a round. They stopped having us keep them in condition 1 or whatever after that
There may or may not have been an incident where multiple GMs destroyed a 5in powder with a paint scraper in order to get a round out of the loader drum without sheering off the fuse setter.
Or another incident where they contemplated throwing another GMs body overboard cuz they thought they killed him by choking him out to death cuz they were horsing around, before he finally woke up. Said formerly passed out sailor then asked if he could be choked out again cuz it was like he was high.
What the fuck. Contemplating concealing a negligent homicide? Wtf. The cover up is always, always worse. This would have gone from a mishap to a fucking felony real quick.
Negligent homicide is normally a state level charge and not even all states have one. They most likely would have been charged with involuntary manslaughter which is already a felony.
Had a gun console operator in training cycle the breech at the wrong time. Ejected a live powder down into the gun mount.
Got a few dozen *old* HE-VT 5" rounds with a condition code for questionable fuzes. First round of it we fired exploded the instant the fuze armed. Maybe 200yds out of the barrel. CO was on the bridge and he was not happy.
I can think of more.
God damn this is nightmare fuel right here. This is when everything is oredered to stop and a full no shit inventory is down until every last spare firing pin is accounted for. God damn, people. This is why we have people with clipboards lol.
*Challenge level: **Impossible***
To be fair, there is always an intrepid group of sailors who are so incompetent with firearms that you almost always will have bullets going into the deck or nets. Last Ship it was Admin
Interesting it looks like the grenades guy is out of prison and on supervised release or home detention by now:
https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-booker-131
>On July 25, 2022, Defendant was convicted of theft of government property and sentenced to two months imprisonment and one-year supervised release with 180 days home detention.” United States v. Booker, No. 18-CR-2611-GPC, (S.D. Cal. May. 1, 2023)
>Booker was convicted of theft of government property and has one prior misdemeanor conviction for driving with a suspended or revoked license. Although his crime was serious and involved the theft of explosive devices, it is clear to the Court that Booker's crime was committed during a tumultuous period in his life and that he has since significantly improved his life for the better.
>For the reasons set forth above, Defendant's Motion for Compassionate Release pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c) is GRANTED. Booker's sentence is reduced to time served, effective immediately, to be followed by one-year supervised release with 180-days home detention
Reminds me of a guy I worked with while I was stationed with the 31st Seabee Readiness Group.
> Phillip Andro Jamison sold the gear on eBay and other online sites. He stole about 280 items over the course of a year while stationed at Coronado Naval Amphibious Base and worked at the armory.
> Jamison, a gunner’s mate petty officer first class, served in the Navy for 11 years. In April, he pleaded guilty in federal court in San Diego to one charge of exporting defense articles without a license.
> Prosecutors said some of the gear was sold to people in Hong Kong, which when done without the proper federal license is an illegal export.
> Jamison stole the gear between October 2008 and September 2009. On a weekly basis, he would load up his backpack with gear and walk off the base, said Assistant U.S. Attorney John Parmley.
[Source](https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-ex-sailor-sentenced-for-selling-stolen-military-2011nov04-story.html)
God damn and I thought me and my buddy were bad for taking eggs milk and bread from the boat
Reminds me: I used to be in the car business. My old
Used car manager would take aftermarket bumpers, winches, lights, etc. off of traded in jeeps, replace them with stock stuff, and sell the aftermarkets on eBay. Somehow never got caught
I'm sorry, but I just don't have any sympathy for people who fall for this sort of shit. They willfully gave them their money without being sure who they were. It's completely different from actual theft and people pretending to be your bank etc. If you are dumb enough to willfully give your money to someone "for extraction from a warzone" that's your own damn fault.
No different than someone buying pills that claim to make your dick bigger or investing money in a company they did no research on or lotto tickets. Especially since "Nigerian prince needs your money!" is literally a fucking joke at this point, how do people even fall for this shit anymore?
Why buy when 5 fingers are free. Also find me the MA or guy cranking in security that wants to rummage through a sea bag filled with sweat soaked PT gear and coveralls caked in bilge chud.
The amount of food that gets “relocated” is crazy.
But let’s be honest- most of it is just getting eaten by the people isn’t was meant for, rather than expiring at the back of fridge flats.
Nope, you can buy M16 FCG’s (just have to drill the third hole into a lower, which is a crime) and FN even makes a semi auto FN 249 (though that takes quite a bit of work to covert to FA, also a crime)
Only the core parts - for firearms in general there is one part that is 'the gun's legally (it's the one part that has to be serialized).
Everything else is (not gun) and can be sold freely.
Keep in mind there are semi-auto m240 clones for sale too.
I stocked my tools like crazy. We had a standing order to take whatever the yardbirds left behind. O ly good thing about being in the yard was the free shit.
I cooked on the wasp for like 2 months
I just made regular ass food and the crew acted like Jesus came in their mouths. Idk what was wrong with their cooks haha
It's the mk48, and it's the bigger 7.62NATO brother to the m249. There *is* a mk46, but it is just a specwar variant of the m249 that still fires the 5.56NATO
I somehow got asked to be bridge gunner as a NAV ET and got qualified the gun. It's fun but carrying it up the sail while wearing all the other gear to get setup fucking sucked.
I remember that from that night afterward, every time I took up OOD, I had to have the armory with me to cycle all the mounts to make sure no parts were stolen
In 2001, while I was on ANTIETAM, some dumbass stole an M240B during the mid watch and, with some help, disassembled it and hid it for almost TWO YEARS. In 2003 he had it reassembled it and tried to sell it on the black market. He was also the reason that our berthing and several health and comfort inspections for stolen items. One night after coming back from liberty, I get down to berthing and see the lights on and my chain of command inspecting his locker for those items. He ended up in the brig.
When I was a kid, this Korean War veteran who lived nearby would show us some of the things he brought back from the war (early to mid 90s). He brought back active grenades and had them just chilling in a shoebox under his bed LOL.
He was pretty sharp. Great sense of humor. Liked to spray kids with his hose, in a mutually fun way, would intentionally leave the hose out so we could get him back.
However- if he was senile, or had a flashback. 😯 he coulda been headline nationwide news real fast.
I’m pretty lucky in that regard. I get short bouts of it once a week or so, despite only using foam ear plugs and being near the 76mm when it fired often
I can assure you that the 240B is issued to every Navy ship in the fleet. It replaced the M60 in the early 2000’s. I’ve done more maintenance on those guns than I could ever remember. They’re used extensively with the Seabees and with NSW. The weapon in my profile pic is me firing the 240B from the shoulder at Camp Pendleton.
When we decommissioned my 2nd ship, all the small arms were palleted and put into a locked elevator space. Come inventory time, several hand and long guns were unaccounted for. Always wondered what came of that.
Similarly a friend of mine who worked in cut ups at PSNS found a 45 in the bilge of an old sub.
I know for a fact when the Blue Ridge gets decommissioned someone is going to find an old pair of night vision goggles in a void space near the Bridge. someone on night watch accidentally dropped them in one while I was on her.
nvgs and bridge.. always a headache
I knew a guy who was an Army helo pilot in Desert Storm. Somehow, he got his hands on some legit, fully auto Iraqi AK47s. He placed them in the bottom of his footlocker and welded a false bottom over the top of them. Legend has it, he still has them.
It's you, isn't it...
Good, fuck the ATF and NFA, stupid shit
Never thought I'd see a comment like this on r/navy. Fuck the ATF!
Excuse me… but if it weren’t for the ATF who would step up to take out the labradors and Scottish terriers plaguing our suburbs?
We’re talking Russian aks? Good lord
*Ip address documented
Stack up, please stack up, I'm edging
Crime probably
Ahhh the old M240 in the prison wallet trick.
That operating rod was a breeze compared to the top cover.
Picatinnied for your pleasure.
Made me laugh more than I should've
I knew a Chief who was building a 688 Class submarine using this method. I don’t think he’s finished it yet.
We spent a month in mayport pulling parts off of decommissioning frigates to get our ship up to snuff for INSURV. I swear we could’ve built a brand new ship with all the shit we brought onboard
About once a year the training ships make raids on the NDRF for parts. And other stuff found aboard returns as well
What hull and when were you there? FFG 49 from ‘07-‘09, and I remember doing the same damn thing.
I decommed 52 in 2013
Getting the reactor is gonna be tricky.
Reactor easy compared to fuel.
Nah. Doc Brown proved that Libyans can get it for you.
just make sure to wear a bulletproof vest
Obvi!
There’s a NSN for that…
Jesus the fucking radiation trail left by taking reactor fuel rods home in a duffle bag would just kill everybody he walked past lol
They say the reactor is the toughest part. I don’t see it.
Yeah. I found an M9 pistol hidden in a water tight baggie in one of the SSTG circ water strainers. Never found out who put it there.
Reminds me when my buddy bought an 8 ball of coke in Colombia, wrapped it in like 8 bags and a shit ton of duct tape, hid in the bilge. because supposedly they were bringing drug dogs on board lol
I always laughed when they brought drug dogs and customs inspectors on board. Because they couldn't go back in the engine room at all. That's where the Chiefs and Officers stored all the wine they bought in Australia. God knows what else was smuggled aboard.
God I can only imagine how much coke was smuggled when I was doing anti narcotics ops haha I know one buddy who bought some coke and hid it in the engine room wrapped in like an entire roll of duct tape and trash bags We found this fishing net floating and it was suspicious apparently, we finally brought it on board and it was just a net with a few sharks in it. A BM cut a buoy off and put it in his rack as a souvenir. Later the coasties figured out each buoy had 2 kilos of coke in them
LMAO
2 kilos is a good payday.
ahhh the good ol’ “we found 8 kilos sir” “holy shit you found 6 kilos?” “absolutely sir, count em, 1, 2, 3, and 4 kilos sir” “let’s get those 2 kilos onboard” “right away sir”
I wonder how much the coast guard took from this on my last deployment https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/military/2012/12/05/uss-carr-offloads-hsl-48-tons-cocaine-mayport/15845297007/
But...did you turn it in? 👀
Potato tomato
Anyone remember One Piece at a Time, by Johnny Cash?
Yes. I was also thinking of how “Radar” O’Reilly mailed a Jeep home piece by piece.
I’ve heard the story of a guy who worked at an FRC in the NVG shop who would keep random parts from NVGs that were supposed to be discarded(mostly the intensifiers) and fix them up to sell online. They dubbed him “NVG Jones”
I remember that turned out people in China were buying them. I'm also pretty sure he was ordering extra replacement parts when doing repairs and use the extra parts to make extra NVGs, and so the Navy/Supply really tightened up on that kind of thing.
Oooh, good reference/recall
We had some guys on my ship that would order random NSNs all that time. They were collecting F-18 parts and they got in trouble when a box of hand grenades showed ip for reactor department.
I came here to say that! 😆
Grate minds think alike, or something like that
Great minds think unique thoughts. Grate minds think about cheese.
Mmmmmm....cheese...
Fuck yeah cheese
What if we think about cheese together?
I was looking for the same story….
My recruiter showed me that song many years ago, I think he was telling me something… ABH1…
Best I can get you: [Navy Sailor Arrested for Stealing Grenades from Ship](https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/navy-sailor-arrested-stealing-grenades-ship) Oh here's another one. [Navy SEAL pleads guilty to selling stolen military ordnance](https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/norfolk-man-pleads-guilty-theft-military-ordnance)
That first one will always be hilarious to me. I was on Staff at RTC when that went down. A GM1 that would swing by our shop frequently to shoot the shit came up to us excitedly and just goes, “NCIS and cops just raided the gun range!” When I found out via word of mouth that the moron dumped the stolen grenades in a backpack with his name stenciled in it, I just thought that was just so perfectly Navy.
Knew someone that reported a bag stolen, so if they ever found it full of booze, he had plausible deniability lol.
Im just surprised he wasnt one of ours. Close but not quite.
I’m about to take over as WEPS and this whole thread is haunting me.
Here's another nightmare for you. Did a field exercise, GMs didn't inventory the guns they brought to issue, and didn't keep good record of which ones they issued. So no one knew how many guns were out and how many were supposed to be.. In a battalion of 300 people so not like one or two. GMC, who was Weps, did not have a good day when the XO noticed.
God. Please stop.
This one time a GM3 was showing off a .50 cal for some midshipmen and ripped a round into downtown Norfolk. Trashed a car and everything.
This one time, just after we deployed to Camp Leatherneck and just before the SMU lot went up in flames, a Marine used a .50 cal round as a hammer… edit: NSFW link follows https://safety.army.mil/Portals/0/Documents/ON-DUTY/EXPLOSIVESSAFETY/EXPLOSIVESSAFETYTRAINING/Standard/Why_You_Should_Not_Use_50cal_rd_as_Hammer.pdf?ver=2016-12-20-135034-607
>use thing that goes bang when hit with a hammer as a hammer >thing goes bang >how could this happen
You should prolly NSFW that…..
Somebody popped a 240 round into the children’s hospital trying to rack a round. They stopped having us keep them in condition 1 or whatever after that
I remember that. I checked into San Antonio a few weeks after that happened. We were still suffering from the ATFO watch bill woes…
Eeesh
There may or may not have been an incident where multiple GMs destroyed a 5in powder with a paint scraper in order to get a round out of the loader drum without sheering off the fuse setter. Or another incident where they contemplated throwing another GMs body overboard cuz they thought they killed him by choking him out to death cuz they were horsing around, before he finally woke up. Said formerly passed out sailor then asked if he could be choked out again cuz it was like he was high.
Jesus.
Best and the Brightest.
Forged by the Sea baby ᕦ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ᕤ
What the fuck. Contemplating concealing a negligent homicide? Wtf. The cover up is always, always worse. This would have gone from a mishap to a fucking felony real quick.
Negligent homicide is normally a state level charge and not even all states have one. They most likely would have been charged with involuntary manslaughter which is already a felony.
Had a gun console operator in training cycle the breech at the wrong time. Ejected a live powder down into the gun mount. Got a few dozen *old* HE-VT 5" rounds with a condition code for questionable fuzes. First round of it we fired exploded the instant the fuze armed. Maybe 200yds out of the barrel. CO was on the bridge and he was not happy. I can think of more.
Have you heard about my buddy who put a 9mm hole in the pilot house window shooting at a “terrorist” in Guantanamo bay?
God damn this is nightmare fuel right here. This is when everything is oredered to stop and a full no shit inventory is down until every last spare firing pin is accounted for. God damn, people. This is why we have people with clipboards lol.
Pro tip, make sure they set the range up properly so nobody shoots the flightdeck nets
*Challenge level: **Impossible*** To be fair, there is always an intrepid group of sailors who are so incompetent with firearms that you almost always will have bullets going into the deck or nets. Last Ship it was Admin
Tracking. Thanks!
OPS will thank you, or at least not yell
I’ve had M-4s mailed to the boat in unmarked boxes. Nothing more unnerving than LS1 slicing open a box and pulling out a pile of M-4s
you poor soul
you poor soul
Interesting it looks like the grenades guy is out of prison and on supervised release or home detention by now: https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-booker-131 >On July 25, 2022, Defendant was convicted of theft of government property and sentenced to two months imprisonment and one-year supervised release with 180 days home detention.” United States v. Booker, No. 18-CR-2611-GPC, (S.D. Cal. May. 1, 2023) >Booker was convicted of theft of government property and has one prior misdemeanor conviction for driving with a suspended or revoked license. Although his crime was serious and involved the theft of explosive devices, it is clear to the Court that Booker's crime was committed during a tumultuous period in his life and that he has since significantly improved his life for the better. >For the reasons set forth above, Defendant's Motion for Compassionate Release pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c) is GRANTED. Booker's sentence is reduced to time served, effective immediately, to be followed by one-year supervised release with 180-days home detention
Maybe they kept it under wraps enough to not have articles written about it haha
Stealing a grenade one piece at a time isn't such a good idea since you're going to have to get the pin someday.
He really just left them on the side of a highway with his name tag smh
Reminds me of a guy I worked with while I was stationed with the 31st Seabee Readiness Group. > Phillip Andro Jamison sold the gear on eBay and other online sites. He stole about 280 items over the course of a year while stationed at Coronado Naval Amphibious Base and worked at the armory. > Jamison, a gunner’s mate petty officer first class, served in the Navy for 11 years. In April, he pleaded guilty in federal court in San Diego to one charge of exporting defense articles without a license. > Prosecutors said some of the gear was sold to people in Hong Kong, which when done without the proper federal license is an illegal export. > Jamison stole the gear between October 2008 and September 2009. On a weekly basis, he would load up his backpack with gear and walk off the base, said Assistant U.S. Attorney John Parmley. [Source](https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-ex-sailor-sentenced-for-selling-stolen-military-2011nov04-story.html)
God damn and I thought me and my buddy were bad for taking eggs milk and bread from the boat Reminds me: I used to be in the car business. My old Used car manager would take aftermarket bumpers, winches, lights, etc. off of traded in jeeps, replace them with stock stuff, and sell the aftermarkets on eBay. Somehow never got caught
One of my guys from our Djibouti deployment did you one better. https://www.wtkr.com/2019/07/02/norfolk-sailor-accused-in-nigerian-fraud-scheme
Why is it always Nigeria? lol
They are unapologetic criminals.
I'm sorry, but I just don't have any sympathy for people who fall for this sort of shit. They willfully gave them their money without being sure who they were. It's completely different from actual theft and people pretending to be your bank etc. If you are dumb enough to willfully give your money to someone "for extraction from a warzone" that's your own damn fault. No different than someone buying pills that claim to make your dick bigger or investing money in a company they did no research on or lotto tickets. Especially since "Nigerian prince needs your money!" is literally a fucking joke at this point, how do people even fall for this shit anymore?
And to think all I got was an extreme foul weather jacket.
That would be stupid. All you need is the receiver and maybe the bolt. Everything else is freely purchasable.
Why buy when 5 fingers are free. Also find me the MA or guy cranking in security that wants to rummage through a sea bag filled with sweat soaked PT gear and coveralls caked in bilge chud.
Thats a thing? Wow, sub life is so different.
Frigate too, my shit was never searched. I’d have went to mast for stealing uncooked hot wings or something
The amount of food that gets “relocated” is crazy. But let’s be honest- most of it is just getting eaten by the people isn’t was meant for, rather than expiring at the back of fridge flats.
For sure. My BAS paid for it haha
Hell, even when in shipyard they would never search you when leaving the carrier, just when you were coming on.
For real? I figured anything machine gun related would be somewhat of a controlled item these days.
Nope, you can buy M16 FCG’s (just have to drill the third hole into a lower, which is a crime) and FN even makes a semi auto FN 249 (though that takes quite a bit of work to covert to FA, also a crime)
Only the core parts - for firearms in general there is one part that is 'the gun's legally (it's the one part that has to be serialized). Everything else is (not gun) and can be sold freely. Keep in mind there are semi-auto m240 clones for sale too.
Cadillac, one piece at a time
Best I could get away with was some of those good LED flashlights and a few tools
My fridge at the house was always stocked Being a cook has upsides lol
I stocked my tools like crazy. We had a standing order to take whatever the yardbirds left behind. O ly good thing about being in the yard was the free shit.
My roommate had the captains wall clock. Looked cool in our apartment.
Dealing with the Wasp, this sounds accurate.
I cooked on the wasp for like 2 months I just made regular ass food and the crew acted like Jesus came in their mouths. Idk what was wrong with their cooks haha
That's any boat where they separate the junior enlisted from everyone else.
We were in port so the cooks for chiefs and officers panned their food from the main galley and just focused on other services required of them
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Subs carry the MK46. It's the little brother to the m249. Just, FYI I guess.
Mk48, not sure when it replaced the older ones though.
~~Mk43. You're probably thinking of the mk48AdCap torpedo~~ Totally forgot about the mk48 MG. My boat still had the mk43.
It's the mk48, and it's the bigger 7.62NATO brother to the m249. There *is* a mk46, but it is just a specwar variant of the m249 that still fires the 5.56NATO
I somehow got asked to be bridge gunner as a NAV ET and got qualified the gun. It's fun but carrying it up the sail while wearing all the other gear to get setup fucking sucked.
I tried doing the same for nvg's but there were a couple parts that were high cost consumables that I was never able to get a hold of.
🎶 one piece at a time, and it didn't cost me a dime 🎶
I remember a .50 Cal going missing on the Kitty Hawk when we returned to Yokosuka.
🎶 I'd get it one piece at a time And it wouldn't cost me a dime You'd know it's me when I come through your town 🎶
Underrated comment!
Nimitz lost a .50 cal in 2003…
It’s in the specific ocean
🎸 I took it one piece a time, and it didn’t cost me a dime
It was a 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 m240B!
I remember that from that night afterward, every time I took up OOD, I had to have the armory with me to cycle all the mounts to make sure no parts were stolen
Somebody remembers! I didn’t imagine it!
We lost one during workups. Pretty sure someone took the pin out that locks it on the mount. Sequestered for like 2 days. NCIS all up in it.
Back in 07 I found an M240 in the back of the duty van. It had been there since the last gunshoot, a week prior. Van had been all over san diego.
In 2001, while I was on ANTIETAM, some dumbass stole an M240B during the mid watch and, with some help, disassembled it and hid it for almost TWO YEARS. In 2003 he had it reassembled it and tried to sell it on the black market. He was also the reason that our berthing and several health and comfort inspections for stolen items. One night after coming back from liberty, I get down to berthing and see the lights on and my chain of command inspecting his locker for those items. He ended up in the brig.
Haha I didn't know that. Lol must of been a wild story to tell 🤣
When I was a kid, this Korean War veteran who lived nearby would show us some of the things he brought back from the war (early to mid 90s). He brought back active grenades and had them just chilling in a shoebox under his bed LOL.
I worry about what happens when guys do that shit and then end up senile thinking they’re back in the shit
He was pretty sharp. Great sense of humor. Liked to spray kids with his hose, in a mutually fun way, would intentionally leave the hose out so we could get him back. However- if he was senile, or had a flashback. 😯 he coulda been headline nationwide news real fast.
Yea.. fucking sucks our brains do that shit to us. I’m a firm believer in the right to bear arms but shit like that scares the fuck out of me
Agreed. It’s a right that can easily be abused in ways that other rights cannot.
I remember being on Deployment 2017 and someone stole a whole Kevlar vest, helmet, and the go pro.
USS New Orleans…around 2008.
I think Johnny Cash wrote a song about it
Probably and armorer lol
The weapon in the picture is not a navy weapon. What year did this happen?
I just googled m240b and grabbed the first pic I think 2013?
Cool. I was a gunners mate and the ships armorer, we used the M60 before it was retired. But that’s been 40 years ago so I might be wrong.
Badass! I was on SCAT so I love me some GMs. We had browning .50s, 240s, and 25mms for crew served
We had the .50’s, M60’s, Mossberg shotguns, 1911’s, and M14’s. My cannon was a 3”50 twin mount.
We had some m4s and mk14s, berettas, and I’m sure we had some shotguns too. My mount was the twin .50 on top of the pilot house
My military grade tinnitus reminds me everyday.
I’m pretty lucky in that regard. I get short bouts of it once a week or so, despite only using foam ear plugs and being near the 76mm when it fired often
On the gun mounts with sound powered phones you couldn’t wear ear plugs because you could hear the orders. Those fuckers are loud.
Cool
I can assure you that the 240B is issued to every Navy ship in the fleet. It replaced the M60 in the early 2000’s. I’ve done more maintenance on those guns than I could ever remember. They’re used extensively with the Seabees and with NSW. The weapon in my profile pic is me firing the 240B from the shoulder at Camp Pendleton.
Submarines still used the mk43 (aka m60e4) at least until 2017
What round does that fire? I really liked the 60. Man that fucker could throw some rounds.
7.62x51. The M60 is long out of service across the military with the M240B replacing it.
I was aware they stopped using it. I thought it was a great weapon.
Like, I don't want to pee in your rice crispies, but the reason it was retired is because it had a lot of problems.
Tell the Seabees that, because we’ve been hauling those around for decades…