PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-699
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 699
FEBRUARY 2011
26
PS 699
FEB 11
Dear Editor,
Your article “Safety Means
T.H.I.N.K.!” offered good rules for
avoiding small arms accidents. But the
first example in the article bothered
me. After cleaning his rifle, a Soldier
reassembled it and did a function test.
The rifle fired three rounds on BURST,
killing another Soldier.
The first safety rule for any weapon
is that before doing any maintenance or
function test, you make absolutely sure
it’s not loaded. It doesn’t get any more
basic than that.
Jerry Davison
Logistics Assistance Representative
Ft Riley, KS
Editor’s note:
You’re absolutely
right, Jerry. You should never,
ever, do any maintenance on a
weapon without frst checking that
it’s not loaded. Everything follows
from that.
To review
T.H.I.N.K.:
T
reat every weapon as if it’s loaded.
H
andle every weapon with care.
I
dentiFy the target beFore you fre.
N
ever point a weapon at anything
you don’t intend to shoot.
K
eep the weapon on SAFE and
your fnger oFF the trigger until
you intend to fre.
Small Arms…
Safety
Means
T
.
H
.
i
.
N
.
K
.
!
(Part 2)
the
first
step
is to
always
make sure I’m
not
loaded!
Aunt Bessie’s
PM Tale!
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1-2
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