Guarding with blanks? (What are those rounds?)

[milktree]

Look at this:

http://www.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Scitech/Guarding an Entry Point_slideshow_604x500.jpg

This is the text attached to it:

April 21: Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Nicole Gann, assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron 3, guards an entry control point with a .50-caliber machine gun at a simulated forward operating base during a Navy Expeditionary Combat Command integrated exercise. The weeklong training exercise is designed to provide NECC Sailors realistic combat training in preparation for up-coming deployments.

Nevermind, I clearly didn't read the underlined words the first time... (duh)

 

[n1oty]

Yes, blanks. Just what I'd expect in a training exercise.

Look at this:

http://www.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Scitech/Guarding an Entry Point_slideshow_604x500.jpg

This is the text attached to it:



Those look like blanks to me.

If they're something else, what are they?

 

[Lamina]

what about the article confuses you? training, exercise or simulated?

would you prefer they use live rounds during training exercises?

 

[milktree]

what about the article confuses you? training, exercise or simulated?

Wow... clearly I have a reading comprehension problem.

I'm embarrassed I read right over that.

 

[wolf223]

...

 

[wolf223]

*double tap*

oops

 

[Lamina]

Wow... clearly I have a reading comprehension problem.

I'm embarrassed I read right over that.

No problem amigo. Being able to admit you effed up when you get some good ribbing is part of the dynamic here. Welcome.

 

[MACGYVR]

Clint Eastwood used live rounds in training. [Heartbreak Ridge]
But he is Clint Eastwood and we should expect no less.

 

[cekim]

Yes, blanks. Just what I'd expect in a training exercise.

Not if Mercedes was in charge of training...