THE DAY I FIRED A NEGLIGENT DISCHARGE IN THE ARMY..

[@ACombatVeteran]

I've never seen any kind of training that isn't a weapon qualification being conducted with LIVE ammunition...especially MOUT.

[@jco5254]

A Combat Veteran amen brother I can relate to this video haha cheers

[@yuseiyami19]

A Combat Veteran went up for soldier of the cycle board in AIT, the first guy to go performed a functions check and had an ND go off in front of the 1SGT and DS 😂😂

[@CrucesNomad1]

Your a millennial was a time soldiers were trusted with weapons

[@hawkinatorgamer9725]

When I was at Benning for OSUT, we did a buddy rush drill with live rounds. Then the battle march and shoot was with live rounds. You go red status, then 2 mile ruck run, then get online and engage targets from the prone.

[@Fushichou1978]

The only live-fire weapon training I can recall doing, aside from qualification (or pre-qual training in basic) was Convoy Live Fire training in basic and AIT. In retrospect, I think that's a very intentional choice by commanders to attempt to reduce the number of negligent discharges, especially negligent discharges of live ammo, not just blanks.

[@BennyLlama39]

Drill Sgt.: "Ain't you the Private that told that L-T..." Drew: "Roger, Sear'nt." Me: (dying of laughter) 😂

[@nhlanhlashamase3453]

How many problems did your make as a Mp?😂

[@cpttankerjoe]

I heard that and was like. Oh so he’s one of thoooooose

[@hazmatt3250]

Nhlanhla Shamase all of them

[@danielwilliams2649]

What happened

[@valley14bay]

I had a sgt who had a negligent discharge, almost shot the CO. He was promoted the next month 🤔

[@RealLifePineKone]

What a legend

[@billhill7330]

To what? Civilian?

[@spaceman5089]

Michael Wyatt Are you bragging about being a snitch?

[@tjmertz289]

Pics or it didn't happen lol

[@omeg999]

@Michael Wyatt That's so much worse

[@ramrani445]

This was about a million years ago in the Cold War... I had just completed my junior leadership course... and my platoon Lt ended up being sent to the the same field exercise I was on and ended up as my OC... she was this sweet (as in way too nice) 20 something reservist... anyway she had just been issued her 9mm Browning high power pistol and wanted come and say hi, as two of us had been in her JLC platoon... she comes over pulls out the pistol from its holster (still not sure why to this day)... and BANG!!!... right smack in the BGD HQ area... I can still see the RSMs eyes rolling right before he stomped over and chewed her out... thank god it was just a blank... poor thing was in tears... more from embarrassing herself around all the big brass who all heard or saw it happen... great video....🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@NotShowingOff]

“Squeezing it, squeezing it, no reason at all...” 😂😂😂😂

[@medicrain]

"This is on safe". I peed myself laughing. Good story man.

[@grey59s]

Gun safety at it's worst.

[@ZimLanfire]

Basic in the Air Force, during rifle training we had an airman do just about that same thing. He ejected his magazine out of his M16 and for some reason didn't clear it. He pulled the trigger a couple of minutes later and scared the sh!t out of our TI's who swiftly tackled his ass to the ground. After they realized he'd done it on accident he was PT'd until he wanted to die, then PT'd some more. lol!

[@stephen3762]

They give you guns in the AF? Why?

[@Phycofeeds]

Stephen 😂😂 they don’t. They have one day of rifle training.

[@JulezWinnfield]

This must've been during the two days of intensive BRM they receive in Air Farce basic training.

[@chrisafp071]

Stephen Well when the Russians come they’ll be on our AF bases so they give us the most minor training but we do have to qualify before deployments although everyone is once again a noob by then as I’ve noticed. Besides SF that is haha. Luckily I take myself to the range I get enough shit from my friends calling me Chairforce. Sadly my afsc doesn’t involve chair duty 😢

[@ZimLanfire]

Yeah, I think it was just two days. lol

[@thesaltking7355]

"Aint you the private that told the LT..." Bro i was dyin.

[@lucivarsadiablo4191]

I wanna know what he told the LT!!

[@wisemankugelmemicus1701]

@@lucivarsadiablo4191 S I R DO NOT CONFUSE YOUR RANK. WITH MY AUTHORITY.

[@ownagenoobs1]

It ain't really the boys if they don't shout "CONTACT" after a negligent discharge 😞

[@DudeWrecked]

Yo big facts I saved so many people yelling contact. Ds beds were to far away to know where the shot came from so they never could pinpoint for platoon or team punishment

[@lazylibertarian768]

My cousin was stationed in Korea and was assigned to watch over the Bradley’s live firing. One comes up and the 25mm jams so the LT calls the tower to tell them and my cousin asks him if both safeties on the cannon are on. LT swears they are so my cousin gives him the all clear to cycle the gun to clear the jam. A couple of seconds later a live 25mm round goes flying down range. Idiot forgot to engage one of the safeties. Later the same Bradley does the same exact thing making the Colonel shut down the range for the day. So the genius LT has the Bradley parked in front of the unit headquarters without unloading any of the ammo like he was supposed to. Tells the gunner not to worry about. The LT jumps out to talk to all the higher ups and the gunner is shutting some stuff down. No one knew though there was an electrical short circuit for the firing system for the 240. Lights up one half of the command tent with machine gun fire. Thankfully no one was in that part. The entire unit staff including the LT come running out. When asked who’s Bradley, the LT answers and they tell him that’s he’s leaving. Not Korea, the army.

[@sharpy3453]

jesus.

[@howardbaxter2514]

Shit

[@blaznskais2048]

The entire time I’m reading I can’t stop shaking my head repeating Oh my God. The fucker’s lucky he didn’t kill someone.

[@timothyredman5664]

That is one hell of a story.

[@kenshaw1964]

Oh that's nothing in Vietnam I was barracks watch before I did flight crew,navy, went to the practice range got in trouble for shooting other people's targets was made to pt the range, found an unexploded grenade picked it up and brought it to the range 1st sergeant. When he asked me what I had ,,I said look sarge and tossed him the grenade. He dropped it threw my ass off the range and told my command to never have me come back.The next day I got on a flight crew..

[@johnbush5002]

I was in Iraq and we were clearing our weapons and the guy behind me had a accidental discharge of a live round. I jumped about ten feet in the air and almost slapped him back to home station.

[@mando482]

"This is on safe." Me: "This is unsafe."

[@jwstory400]

We had a guy in a similar situation, let a round go while we were at the range and he was waiting for the go ahead to shoot because he thought it was on safe, shot the ground a foot from his face. They sent him back as a holdover to start Basic over again with another company.

[@icantthinkofaname4265]

Holy shit 😂

[@geoffreydesi8944]

Great story! Thanks for sharing your military experiences. As a civilian I love hearing stories from soldiers. Much respect!

[@isaiahbamba705]

As soon as I heard, “I like to flip the selector switch” I knew already what was gonna happen.

[@jordanwhetstone8251]

I can’t call him out by name, but a buddy of mine in basic let a round go while we were at our third FTX. Mind you it’s dead silent right now because we’re supposed to be digging foxholes. All you hear is a loud ass BANG, not even 30 seconds after we hear DS Kuhn yell “WHOEVER SHOT THAT ROUND OFF YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS TO GET YOUR ASS UP HERE WITH A BATTLE BUDDY AND A WATER SOURCE! 10! 9!” Needless to say, homie was low crawling for the next 3 hours

[@narghile7594]

@James Estelle military channel. DS, FTX. common knowledge to most anyone whose ever been associated with the military.

[@shannonofarrell1241]

Narghile but for people who aren’t in the military, or looking to join we don’t always understand

[@jordanwhetstone8251]

James Estelle You did just fine my man, because both are correct

[@jordanwhetstone8251]

Narghile Yes it’s common, but not everyone gets it. Relax my man

[@alexbriscoe2879]

Safety first. Lucky a smoking is all you got!

[@leporoso1986]

I had a ND during FTX on Basic. Same thing, after eating, I went back to my guard position, I laid down in the ground on top of spikes. I squeezed my entire body when it poked me. BOOM! I was sure my weapon was on safe. Got smoked until I lost my meal. What a great learning experience.

[@dmikulec]

A friend was in the USN from the late 70s until the mid 80s. While his ship was in port, sailors had to stand watch on the bridge. As watches were changing, the sailors would pass their 45 cal pistols off to the sailors coming on watch. The ensure the weapons were clear, SOP was to go outside the bridge, hold the pistol at a 45 degree angle, and squeeze the trigger. That was how you checked to see if the weapon was clear. The sailor he was partnered with would just put the pistol to his head, pull the trigger, and then say, "Nope. Not today." When my nephew went though basic in the USAF. He only fired a rifle once during basic. That was all of the fire arms instruction he received.

[@Dev_Six]

*Knifehands internally.* *[Knifehanding intensifies]*

[@markwhite1780]

Negligent discharge almost blew up my car. Got back from gun range in forested land owned by county but contracted to private non profit organization for free. I had been upset by story told by Iraq war vet w/purple heart. OK. Opened back hatch to discover round jammed askew in 1911 .45 ACP Springfield Armory milspec pistol. Bad me. Could have gone off any time in 62 mile return trip. Lucky me so far. Seeing the jammed weapon and without thinking the muzzle pointing away or I would have NEVER done the following.... With th pistol muzzle pointing 45 degrees away from me at the wheel well of the vehicle I reached down and smacked the weapon thinking it would NOT go BANG!!!!!!! IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BECAUSE OF THE GRIP SAFETY AND NATURE OF THE FIRING MECHANISM. But it went off. I had the hatch open but all other windows closed. The concussion stunned me. I was deaf and in shock. The bullet's path was miraculous. The .45 ACP FMJ entered 6 inches aft of the wheel well centerline. It passed the gasoline fill pipe and missed the tire. Traveling further it missed the back fender. It went past the vehicle and hit the 1931 cedar shake siding penetrating deep enough to reveal 5 layers of paint. 3 layers were lead based oil paint and 2 were H2O based water based paint. The bullet bounced off the house. Keep in mind the projectile already has gone through 10-12 gauge steel from Asia. Means recycled pop and beer cans with a Ford thrown in for flavor. Bullet passed through fender bounces off house and then bounces off plastic no door dings panel ending up only God knows where. I'm so lucky. I'm so blessed. I have always practiced great gun safety habits and IT PAID OFF. BIGTIME. I JUST CELEBRATED MY GEEZER BIRTHDAY. ANOTHER GEEZER BURTHDAY BECAUSE OF GUN SAFETY HAMMERED INTO ME! I told my M.D. next time I saw him. He kept saying the outcome could have been disastrous. I kept saying "I'm not in the habit of pointing the muzzle of any firearm in my direction." My intention is to instruct and tell y'all.....KEEP THE MUZZLE POINTED AWAY FROM YOU ALWAYS. GOD BE WITH YOU ......

[@johnhester7025]

As a former Marine Drill Instructor, all I can say is that is funny as Hell, but I would have had you doing rifle drills with a footlocker. A full footlocker! For at least the amount of time you were at that particular training evolution.

[@james_jr]

These were the type I DI's I enjoyed...I got smoked many times, mostly enjoying them

[@Snakes709]

Technically i never had one. I was a gunner on a Leopard C2. Doing a live shoot and my commander “Capt dumbass”, gave me a target. I lazed the target to find out the range and the gun goes off sending a 105mm down range. He asked wtf was that and i said loud laze. Thinking it was my bad i took my gloves off to get a better feel for the controls. We go through another target order and same thing happens. He boots me in the back of the head, cursing me out. I tell him the gun is fucked and to get the tech in here. He tells me to pull my head out of ass. We go through another target order. Gun goes off a 3rd time. I shut the turret off. He curses me out, i curse him out and ww got into a big shouting match. We get out and he says “im getting the weapons tech in here and if there is no issues, im charging you with 3 ND’s and insubordination”. I was beyond pissed so i said whatever and walked away. After lunch the Capt found me and apologizes. Said the techs did a circuit test and there was a short in the system. Techs claimed the fixed it. Go do another shoot, did the same thing to another gunner.

[@jb99rapp]

Snakes709 how was being a gunner on a leopard?

[@Snakes709]

THE FREED MEN loved it. Got qualified on the leopard 1 c2, leopard 2 a4, a4m and a6. So easy to hit a target.

[@jb99rapp]

Snakes709 hell yeah! I’m a loader on an M1A2 Abrams. I’ve shot it a few times, I can’t wait to be a gunner.

[@XxXKillJoyXxX]

Dang I see why y’all called him capt dumbass.

[@Rick_Sanchez_C137_]

Tanks are awesome..... except when you’re doing forty mph across the desert at NTC and tell your driver to turn because you are coming close to a wadi but driver doesn’t turn because he is sleeping......

[@XxBillyGoatNinjaxX]

First like! We had a prior service navy guy in our bct. Dude shot a blank in a staggered formation out of nowhere and publicly apologized. Never understood why you'd have the finger resting on the trigger anyway.

[@DJTheMetalheadMercenary]

Hahaha, MOUT was always interesting. We had a 240B gunner cook a round off as his barrel/ chamber got too hot, dude was laying it down on the suppressing fire, the smoke session wasn't bad on that but was definitely a learning experience on how to conserve ammo and change barrels. On the night scenarios the smallest DS and I scaled up a building via the gutter ("monkey climb" style) to a 2nd floor window and cleared the whole building, that was pretty epic and hilarious to see the confused fireteam posted at the top of the stairs bewildered to see us behind them. Fun times.

[@oban6051]

When I was going through OSUT my platoon was the only one that hadn’t had an ND up until our EOC FTX. We were all sitting in the patrol base getting some shut eye, waiting for dinner chow, and keeping an eye out for DS. Our PG and a Sergeant who was in our platoon because he was switching from national guard cook to active duty cav scout had gone up to where DS’ were to ask them something. About 5 minutes later they come running back at a full sprint with promasks on. We tried to as Sgt what happened and then we see our DS range walking towards the PB behind them. He comes in and starts screaming at the Sgt who apparently decided not to properly clear his weapon at the AA and let a round go maybe 15m from the DS tent. We spent that afternoon doing indirect fire and cbrn drills. That Sgt was the most incompetent I’d ever witnessed. He literally hid in his scrape during firefights. Good luck to who ever is under him now. I hope you don’t die.

[@jazzman.]

Every live fire Range goes as such: Range Sgt: "Ready on the right? The right is ready. Ready on the left? The left is..." POW!!! Range Sgt: "MF! Everyone put your down."

[@dakoderii4221]

The best shoots are nighttime/evening ones where the grass is a bit dry and tracer use is a bit high. 🔥🌳🔥 The EPA loves it

[@KiwiMan960]

I'm lucky the first and only time I had a negligent discharge was with a paintball gun. The ball skipped off the table and hit my friend in the gut. Made me realize if it were a real gun, it could have been much worse. So now I know to keep my booger hook off the bang switch

[@devilreject6878]

You get that from angry cop?

[@josephgillen5108]

@@devilreject6878 my thoughts exactly!

[@davidfrederick2285]

When i was in basic during chow time at the ftx we had a guy who had his weapon on fire finger in the trigger well walking back from the latrine holding it down to his side like a briefcase when he stumbled, squeezed his hand and fired off a blank. All the drills saw who it was and went "ooohhhohohohooo h*ll yeah!" As they turned to get our plt's drill (the scariest drill ive ever seen) he made startled nearby birds with his thunderous screamed as he powered through the crowd of drills. Sick of the privates crap because he was consistently messing up he called him every degrading name in the book as he smoked the entire plt for so long and so painfully while the pvt watched, yelling at the pvt that he needs to learn the pain of watching his buddies suffer from his mistakes. Because his recklessness is going to kill somebody. Then once that was over took his rifle away for the rest of the ftx, but he had to hold his hands up like he still had it

[@DrTeeHSea]

"it happens to the best of us".... my only negligent discharge happened when I was 7y/o shooting clays.. I'll be 30 in a few months.

[@Krillinalwaysdies]

Anyone else hear the fire alarm in the background?

[@deltasource56]

yup his house is on fire

[@samuelmarmellow5053]

Yes

[@WyattPower1095]

I do that for a living so that’s the first thing I heard haha

[@mattfecho5011]

Yup

[@johnsgamingandmore1237]

I didn't...but that crooked light on his wall bugs me 😂

[@ScipioMexicanus]

Have a buddy that is a armored car driver for those bank trucks. Was going to meet him after work for drinks. I got to his place before he did so I just sat there watching anime with his girl and playing with their kittens (not a euphemism, I mean they had two small felines) Dude gets home and says "rough day, hold on lemme change". Dude goes into his bedroom and POP! All I hear is tinnitus and I get two mini cats with their little kitten razor claws climb up my arms and onto my face. Dude was clearing his glock and left a round in the chamber. I was covered in my own blood. His girl was in tears because her favorite stuffed bear she's had for 20+ years was thoroughly murdered. "Somehow" my buddy got a black eye in the process. We all decided we definitely needed a drink after that and hit the bar a little harder than we planned before the ND.

[@5.0beers70]

This one time in basic training when I was firing the M16, I felt a tap on my shoulder and there is this sergeant with knife. He was like move because there was a big scorpion right next to me.

[@stephengray8073]

1987, or '88, I was in 1/35 FA, Ft Stewart, and I was in the orderly room talking to our "Smoke ", when the arms room specialist let off a negligent discharge, inside the arms room !😯🤣

[@Fdesouza]

At this time switch your selector from safe to auto... watch your lane

[@mirnoyevolkodav8036]

Don't see an MOS badge, welcome to the army

[@Snakes709]

So when i was over seas we were in the defac. Had a staff sgt? One rocker on the bottom? Lose his mind because my rifle was on auto and not safe. I was like “oh, ok?” Flipped it to ssmi. He damn near had a brain aneurism and smoked me. The thing he didnt understand was I was Canadian and in the CAF we dont cock the rifle, put it on safe then load a mag. We just load the mag and thats it. Rifles loaded, no round in the chamber.

[@Fdesouza]

Mirnoye Volkodav thank you, captain obvious.

[@AdonisLives]

Felipe deSouza damn boot chilll lmao

[@seandaly8943]

And watch your lane, or the other guy at the m9 range "hey hey check it out troops", a795 cycle 19-19 will know

[@ScipioMexicanus]

This one time in Iraq: My platoon sergent was giving the mission brief-- "ok so the the next person that has an ND gets an article 15. The CSM WILL take a stripe off you. Even if its at the gate clearing berm. We're Infantry, you should know better. I been in 20 years and never had an ND, y'all been in 15 mins and a guy over in 2nd platoon pops off a round climbing into the truck. No excuses. Ok, for tonight's mission we're doing a routine night patrol yadda yadda" We go on a routine patrol. Boring as hell. Cold as hell. Raining the whole time. Gotta love Kirkuk outskirts in the winter. Come time to RTB we get to the gate, start clearing weapons, SFC is in a hurry so he doesn't have someone double check his chamber. POP! Right into the clearing berm. The whole platoon turned to stare at SFC. SFC: 0.0 The USAF guy at the gate: Aren't you Army guys always saying... SFC: Don't... Just don't. USAF: you know I gotta call this in right? SFC walks up to my squad leader, swaps velcro rank with him, says "guess you're in charge now". SFC hops into my truck in SL's seat, SL hops into SFC's truck. Of course course my big mouth pipes up with. "Hey Sarnt, didn't you say..." SFC: When we get to the barracks put your gear up and meet me in my office in your PTs private. Me: Roger. And I just got promoted last week so its Specialist... SFC: Special is right. PTs. Outside my office PRIVATE... Me: Roger. I got away with a handfull of pushups that didn't even count as a smoke session. He got away with only having to give a "how not to have an ND" class to every platoon in the company while the 1SG and CSM looked over his shoulder. Probably got a thorough ass chewing behind closed doors too.

[@marcelw6440]

Man, it woulda made my day if you would've called him Staff Sergeant after he called you Private again. That'd be worth a smoke session. I'd send invites.

[@ScipioMexicanus]

@@marcelw6440 Sorry, didn't think of it at the time.

[@lielyncher755]

I do have the utmost respect for you "war" era vets. MOUT training was non existent for grunts going through basic in 1983. It was nearly impossible to step away from a live fire scenario with a live round.

[@mikycarney5779]

My boy Murry let a 203 go once.... He also slaughtered his ex-wife's entire family... Not a very bright boy

[@deadheart556]

Uhhh.... did you know Brad too?

[@mikycarney5779]

no why what did he do?

[@deadheart556]

@@mikycarney5779 murdered his ex wife's entire family Brad Stone Pennsburg PA

[@mikycarney5779]

@@deadheart556 crazy bastards

[@shanecunningham305]

Was the second part with or without the 203

[@daithi1966]

When I was in Basic we had gone to the range. After we completed our training at the range we came back to the chow hall and were in formation, and the soldier right in front of me let a round go off into the air. The Drill Sergeants lost it and converged on him like it was the 1st day shark attack all over again. However, after they calmed down a little bit, I could hear them trying to keep it low key but pointing fingers at one another for the private getting off the range with live ammo.

[@mainaccountc.braithwaite5340]

The LT refrence is so funny. That video was great

[@booknasty7076]

Wouldn't of happened if you had your glow belt on Semper fi

[@akaza7874]

That Cardi B meme caught me off guard!!😆

[@enriqueguerraiii5359]

In 2013 when I was in Afghanistan, we where coming back from a mission in a chinook and a CW2 had a negligent discharge while in the air LOL it was some funny s***

[@campflyingdragon7628]

You are the reason for smoke sessions and safety briefs.

[@ZombieCartmanYT]

I had an ND in the Marines while serving with 2nd LAR. We were on the range known as SR7 where we did gunnery shooting for the LAV-25. My vehicle was deadlined so I had to hotseat another LAV and I didn’t check the status of all the switches when I got in the turret. I was attempting to load the main gun with its 25mm rounds while my vehicle commander was loading the turret mounted 240. I was supposed to fire the main gun the initial time to get it set up but the thumb control switch was set to Coax and I sent a 10-20 round burst of 7.62 into the night sky at a 45 degree angle. I was immediately kicked off the range and my LT and SSGT wanted me fired from that job. My company commander told them to give me another chance because when I left the range I went and relieved the Marine on watch at the ASP myself without being told. I remained on that post all night to study the turret manual. I was utterly embarrassed, but I did go on to be an awesome gunner. I even went back a year later and won Battalion Top Gun in the spring of 2004 as a gunner and my crew won again in September of 2004 when I had just became a vehicle commander.

[@Lobos222]

The reaction from your LT seemed a bit over the top unless you were cm from blowing your vehicle commanders head off while\if he was handling the gun when it went of. At least you didnt harm anyone and learned from the experience.

[@ffjsb]

Can't believe they let you have live rounds when not actually on the course. Usually a ND gets you much more than a good smoking, usually that's an automatic Art.15. I suspect you didn't get one because the Cadre fucked up and didn't clear all your weapons. Which reminds me of the FUNNIEST thing I ever saw in basic. WAY BACK when we used to wear the green OD fatigues, with a white T shirt underneath, I was a squad leader. We were in OLD WWII wood barracks, and squad leaders got a two man room to themselves. The DS office was across from our room, but his door frame was crappy so he had us switch rooms, and move everything. While we were doing this, the clown of the platoon comes in and just starts talking to us and messing with some of the DS's stuff. There were some practice grenades in the room on a shelf, and he picked up one, and started messing with it. I told him to put it down several times, and then he pulls the pin. I said WTF are you doing?!?! Put that pin back in!!! Now this kid had bright red hair and his hair was kind of spikey, he had a natural clownish look, especially with just the white T-shirt on. He said, "Drill Sgt. wouldn't have a live grenade in here"... As he said that, he turned the bottom where the hole was upward to look into it, and said "SEE!!!" Just as he said it, it went off in his face. It was EXACTLY like a fucking Looney Tunes cartoon. The top of his T-shirt and his face were black, and his eyes were as big as saucers. The DS in the other room yells, "WHO TOLD YOU TO PULL THE PIN OUT OF THAT GRENADE????? When he said, "Nobody Sgt., smoke came out of his mouth... no lie. I was fucking dying laughing. I didn't care about the DS, it was funny as hell. After the DS chewed him out and sent him outside for pushups, he was laughing too. I'll NEVER forget the look on his face. All he ended up with was a small cut on his chin, he got lucky.

[@TheSixSage]

The sneezing then “CORONAVIRUS!” From cardi b caught me off guard lmao

[@arleearmstrong4232]

hey dont know if you remember me but i moved to new york lived in the bronx got my 100% and retired my body was jacked up eight years and alot of ieds later you told me to go to newyork and i got the help i needed i was about to jump off a bridge and some one helped me he was a cop and 11 bravo im a 19 delta vets help vets love your stories brother please keep at it im retired and look forward to finding the military ant faint of heart love you brother take care of ya self

[@nyccolejones706]

Had a private ND a round into the ground 2ft next to me while at a range/field exercise. The scary part was his weapon was on safe. This is why PMCS is important.

[@greatmindsince956]

My battle got two negligent discharge twice during buddy team live fire! It was so bad the DS took his weapon and thru it 30 meters 😂😂😂

[@bodhixxx1]

I got a one on one private class in "weapons training" from my Drill in Knox I set my rifle against a tree to take a leak in the brush and the Drill came right over snatched that M 16 up and said "Thanks for the rifle" meet me back here in 30 minutes which I did and he gave me back my rifle and made me low crawl across a gravel parking lot which was about 50 yards wide I swear many times ( maybe it felt like many times cause no knee pads or elbow pads) ever since that lesson my rifle stays on my person at all times until I am back in the "Green zone" for the record I got out of service in 2005 I still exercise that practice to this day. Lessons in the Military stay with a person for life Thanks Drill Sgt Runburg!!!! wish you well.

[@Waltham1892]

I can top that. Back in 1983, I was an active duty tanker and I joined the Guard after my first enlistment. My plan was to earn an commission through ROTC while being a simultaneous member of the Guard. So I join up with an National Guard Armor Bn and I'm assigned to a company which had previously been combat support, so none of them were school trained tankers. I, as an acting 3rd LT, did the best I could to train the "TC's", but training hadn't peculated down to the other crew positions. Our annual gunnery training rolls around and I know its not going to be good. The drill is the tank sits in a hide position, pulls up into a hull down position, fires, then rolls back into the hide position. Well, the first tank moves out and the TC max-elevates the gun (about 10 degrees) to avoid burying it in the ramp leading to the hull down firing position. The tank then climbs the slope (about 20 degrees). With the tank going up, the gunner starts to slide back in his seat and panics, grabbing the Cadillacs (turret control/trigger controls) with both hands and mashing the triggers. There was, of course, a round in the chamber and the main gun is selected and ready to go. The gun goes off. I watch as a 105mm, APFDS-T round flies into the sky at at 30 degree angle with absolutely zero chance of it landing in the range fan. All I can think of is the round coming down through the roof of a casino in Vegas and impaling someone's blue haired grandmother. I look over and I see the Platoon Leader and the CO (neither of whom had been to AOB) watching the rapidly disappearing tracer, white as sheets. Over the next two days I was interviewed by everyone from the Bn S-3 to the Division's Deputy Commanding General as part of the investigation. I was never so glad to be a nobody in my life.

[@warthog2t0]

I was in basic and guy tried to mail a live round home. A live round! CO pulled us all out to the yard and made us push for days.

[@Jerry_Jerry1998]

there was this one time at basic when we were doing the forge, and we ended the night after a tiring ass day in this wooded area with a 360 t going on. The DS told us to keep a low profile, and it was winter cycle so my dumbass is just freezing there and since i know i'm bout to pass out asleep i turn my rifle on semi Incase i hear shenanigans aka popoffs. next morning i wake up and the male latrine is just to the brim w urine, and i been holding this off for like days, so I'm like damn guess i gotta use the F one (Unsolicited advice told me to use the Cadre porta potty) so i give my battle buddy my weapon right, to take a dump, and this dude grabs it by the trigger. At that moment i had confirmed, i had never put the safety back on. OfCourse DS yells "who's weapon is that" so i get totally smoked while the guy who pulled it off is just walking next to me watching me low crawl 😭

[@makinnak3010]

I drunkenly got into a foot race with two other Marines (I was corpsman) while wearing heels. One dudes wife was over 6 foot tall and had feet same as mine. I was the only one that did not fall, so I won. Never lived that shit down.

[@nmartin5551]

I love when people tell the truth about stuff. Love your videos!!

[@sfcbamf9249]

I had a buddy in my platoon that had a negligent discharge. I dont remember what the name of the range we were on. But the mission was to assault an AO and go through all of the defensive priorities of work. We were setting up our sectors of fire and and preparing our hasty fighting position. It was a new range so everyone that was anyone was there. My buddy loaded the SAW by the book which calls to locking the bolt back, load rounds then release the bolt. Most people know not to actually lock the bolt back especially on a SAW. Once he loaded it slammed the lid the BANG.

[@yankofingerton7022]

Lad did an ND on an electronic range so no biggie. Was the day after we did live fire on the actual range and this was just going through different shooting positions with a shooting log. Anyway, biggest gripe with that ND is that the bloke half assed his nsp, left it on automatic, so when he released the bolt after checking the chamber, the sensors recognised that as a shot, because a round would have fired from the rifle if it was loaded. So he didn’t own up to it, and everyone was looking at the only 4 blokes it could’ve been, we were ALL about to be beasted to hell and back by section commanders this was not a joking matter. Thank fuck that a cpl used the sensor to track the shot to the weapon is all I can say.

[@christianrogers9439]

On my first day of basic the drill sergeants told us to take the tarp out of our rucks and I took the woobie out cause it had the same camouflage and the drill sergeant told me I was a retard

[@robertmcquarrie452]

Now they can’t even say that :(

[@frivolitymachine3914]

In reserves, first time firing GPMG, first time firing a fully automatic weapon. Couldn't wait. We were drilled on it, knew safetys back and front, knew how to take it apart and put it back together. On the range I had a runaway gun. For those who don't know what that is, it's when the gas is fucked up and you press on the trigger once and it just keeps firing the rest of the rounds usually even though we were told to fire in bursts of three. Sgt yelling at me until he's red in the face. "TAKE YOUR FINGER OFF THE FUCKING TRIGGER!" Try to explain thew situation even though there's 7.62s zipping at the targets, we're wearing hearing protection and I'm keeping the gun aimed still as shown. He doesn't get it so, to make a point, I take my hand off the handle to show him I'm not holding the trigger. "DON'T TAKE YOUR HAND OFF THE GUN!!" I fucking hate that guy.

[@popescu2289]

"I'm thinking, the wrong thing to do as a private" 😂. I too NDed in basic. A blank Into the clearing barrel back at the barracks after FTX from my battle's weapon after I had to take it and his ruck when he fell out. The hardass drill we all hated pulled me out of there without anyone realizing it was me in all the confusion.

[@thehand756]

I knew a man who let his weapon point at the drill sergeant during the Vietnam era. He got kicked in the head.

[@KKRioApartments]

Never fired a negligent discharge, but in front of the barracks at the final formation at the end of basic training's FTX just before we were (supposed to get) dismissed some doofus fired off a round. It was a blank so there was no projectile, but still - startled the hell out of everybody. What it was still doing in his chamber that late in the game or how it remained there I don't know, but instead of get dismissed for much needed sleep, the whole platoon got smoked for half the night.

[@alanthealienoriginal]

I organized a 21 gun salute for Lucille Ball. We were in desert training when she died and I figured she was an American icon and deserved a salute. We were bored as balls and as the ranking-est E-4 in the group I finally got 3 guys to sign up and we did a 9 gun (3 guns x 3 shots) salute instead, using blanks of course. The First Shirt came running out of the command tent like war had just broke out, saw me standing there leading the formation of 3 and made the assessment that there was not in fact any type of emergency. I told him of the bad news of Lucille Ball and He just shook his head and went back in the command tent like nothing had happened. Later back in garrison I spent the next month picking up leaves and mowing lawns. You would think with that much lawn around HQ they would at least have a riding mower. It was worth it. I trained in 2nd ID for a reactionary force and whatnot but I'm pretty sure I was never given a live round in 5 years Army outside of a range. But it was a different time, way before 9/11.

[@BigDictator5335]

4 weapon safety rules Treat every weapon as if it were loaded Never point a weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot _Keep your finger straight and off the trigger until you are ready to fire_ _Keep your weapon on safe until you intend to fire_

[@edwardedsmith2067]

i wasn't allowed to think until I was a Spec-4 and then I had to think all the time.

[@ericwagner581]

As a Master Chief (E9) and SEAL told us once during training. The two loudest sounds a gun will make, when it goes "click" when it's supposed to go "BANG". and when it goes "BANG" when it's supposed to go "click".

[@blacksmith67]

My negligent discharge happened on winter warfare training, in the middle of the night, middle of the winter while pushing a sled in Petawawa. This was the mid 1980s, so the Canadian Forces had not yet adopted the C7 (Canadian variant of the M16) and we had the good old FNC1 (Canadian variant of the FN FAL). Earlier that night we had simulated an attack and for the last couple of hours I had been walking around with my rifle's safety _not_ engaged. Also, the FNC1 has something called an arctic trigger guard, which can be folded out of the way into the pistol grip. Not on safe, no trigger guard... discharge was inevitable. Thankfully we didn't use live rounds when training like that. We were moving in column, me behind the sled resting my rifle over the bar when the round went off. The column stopped, the CSM and a couple of sgts found me and called me a few choice names and reminded me how lucky I was that this wasn't actual war because they'd summarily shoot me on the spot (not really true, but it did drive home the point).

[@darthslackus499]

Military Logic: "He looks trigger happy. Definitely MP material!"

[@josephabraham4058]

My first ND was at EIB June of 2010 Fort Hood Texas, as a PV2. Not fully understanding the M240B and the "open bolt" position, I loaded my blank rounds, moved the bolt to the closed position. Had a live round been loaded into the weapon platform, an E-6 would have been shot in the ass or leg(s). A corporal was the one training me that day, and he decided that this infraction ended my EIB experience. For the rest of the week I iron miked all over that damn EIB course. I can now leg press 1400 lbs.

[@JorgeCruz-mi5gc]

I will admit I messed up during night fire. Well we were issued M16A1 which only only had safe, semi, full auto. So stupid me on lane one was so excited at seeing tracers during nightfire. When it was my turn I switched from safe to full auto and held my finger down. No hiding from that one since tracers work both ways and the Brown Rounds in the Tower can see the light show. After be smoked we road marched to the finally range. Since I did a great job, and battle buddy for not smacking me, we were placed in center bunker with case of pre loaded maginzes to expend. Man once those parachute flares went up battle buddy and I went full auto. Our Vietnam veteran drills taught us many lessons in a short time span. Controlled fire versus full auto fire. Yep barrels were Cherry red and we ended up with a run away gun. Other lesson , time to clean our weapons after firing so many tracers through them. Joy to the life of a dumb Private.

[@tjmertz289]

You just taught a very valuable lesson my friend!

[@RhyperiorRanger]

“Don’t judge me” Boi I saw that video on what being married in the military. I’m judging

[@yoyodud67111]

Fire alarm in the background makes this much better 😂

[@extremesheepdawg6379]

To my Army Drill Sargent when leaving the firing line, just before he rods my rifle: "No brass, yes ammo! " (indicating the jammed round in the chamber) DS: "wrong private, that's no brass, no ammo" (I am moving the barrel so that he can not rod it at this point). Me: (just as he grabs the barrel and shoved the rod in) No, Drill Sergeant! Live round stuck in chamber! " The rod was on it's own the other half way down the barrel. D S started to read me starting with why didn't I tell him there was live ammo. I stopped him right there with "yes ammo was said you were too busy correcting me to LISTEN to what I said". It took our armorer over an hour to get the round out of the chamber, and no reason was ever found for it to have stuck. The M16A1 worked perfectly from that point forward.

[@Ok_Boomer_]

“It happens to the best of” actually it happens to the worst lmao

[@michaellong9799]

I was just makin sure everyone was awake so I let a round go. Lmao. I needed a good laugh!

[@WildWulfchild]

keep your bugger hook of the bang switch till it's time to bring the rain

[@MrGhost9640]

Keep the finger off the bang switch homie but seriously thx for the vids keep em coming

[@shadowninjagaming3025]

We also had a private who's weapon just went off on it's own while at the range the drill car over to soke them but first went to remove the weapon from the private as the drill pulled it away from the private the weapon just started to unload it's own magazine while the drill held it by the hand gaurd in the air away from the private it was at that moment the drill nearly shit himself

[@williamdouglas1996]

You learned the hard way. ALOT!!!

[@DOA220]

In the Fort Drum PMO, we had a CID agent who decided to do a desk pop...

[@kartracer5g229]

That's why you keep your booger hook off the bang button unless your planning on shooting something 😂

[@E3742O]

That safety thing is deff me 😂😂 that sound ifk

[@darkgentlemanpodcast]

OMG bro one of my friends in BASIC TRAINING in the Army did the same thing and the entire company got smoked 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@darrinwright6758]

Yes I to have had a negligent discharge. I was at my first duty station and as an MP we were issued a shotgun along with our other weapons. I was never trained in basic or ait with the shotgun, and never fired one as a kid so...... when my partner and I were on watch one night I had the shotgun. Like this guy I flicked the safety off, and since I didn't want to look stupid and ask my partner for help I shot a hole in the canvas top of our jeep. I never seen anyone jump so high in my life. After getting my ass reamed by the CO. I had to give a safety briefing on how to properly use the shotgun. That was my first and last time that has ever happened. Be safe and always check your safety. Lol

[@Blakhawk1703]

I was dying laughing this whole freaking video man. LMAOOOOOOO

[@allistair61]

i used to work with someone who qualified as a range instructor with the British Army, according to him. Any day you go home with all 10 fingers and all 10 toes is a good day!

[@mommytrex2139]

Lmao. I absolutely love watching your videos. Cracks me up and makes me miss my bct battles. 😂😂😂

[@hobbylobby8521]

Plz make more of these videos. Hella funny

[@miken.4693]

Hernandez! Keep your booger hook of the bang switch!!!!

[@avilis19gm]

I remember this one time. My battle buddy and I where in Camp Mackall training with SF dudes. (And just to know and show. That this happened to anyone! By mistake or not!) And we are coming back from urban training as well. Usually before we enter the fob, we clear our rounds at the entrance. But my battle buddy did not, so as the day comes to EOB and my squad is in base. Our Trainers tell us to make sure we do not have a round on the chamber, put our weapons up and fire. So low and behold my battle has a discharge. Let's just say, it was my first time doing log pt and it sucked!!

[@bamacopeland4372]

Had that happen to me in basic put it was with the 240b. Lucky it was blanks. And I got smoked for 2 hours

[@leandrewjefferson9137]

When you linked it to the LT story, I lost it. 🤣🤣

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

A man did a negligent discharge before he joined the Army, now I'm here commenting!

[@jonathancolwell6749]

Talil Airbase Iraq. A group of us were clearing our M9’s to go in the chow hall. They had a clearing wall. Jersey barrier with sand bags in front of it. We clear our pistols and then start moving on. A fellow soldier from another unit comes up and we hear the racking of an M16. Now the army in its infinite wisdom had pulling the trigger as a step in the clearing process at the time. Hope they changed it. After hearing the racking of the M16 we’d gone about 2 steps, and boom!!! Dude ND on the clearing wall. He’s looking down at his M16 dumbfounded. A couple months after this we came back to Talil and go back to that chow hall and the the sandbags are gone and it’s just a concrete Jersey barrier to clear your weapon at. SMH.

[@OriflammeGaming]

I remember we had 3 NDs in one day during BCT...they shut down the whole thing, took us back to the company and the DS lost it...the previous cycle had 1 ND within 10 weeks...we had 3 within the first hour on the range

[@johnaquaviva7509]

Shoutout to that fire alarm going off in the background

[@octaviusnorvelantis8934]

The call it negligent for a reason. Glad no one was hurt.

[@davidandrewburrows8535]

Lol we had a private on a live Machine gun range! Who got his glove stuck in the trigger mechanism in live fire exercise. (So runaway machine gun) he stands up and spends around bullets flying everywhere. Yes he asked for “ what to do” nearly killing 15 people in the process no one was that for them but thank God but some of us can close. Thank goodness that a lance corporal on the range was able to tackle him and break the belt of the machine gun before anybody was hurt or killed! I almost forgot about that. I was so grateful I was on the other side of the range but I remember watching it and saying what the Duck he doing! Thanks for the story and the reminder of the stupid shit we do when we’re young in the military!

[@ksb-ld5ow]

I had a guy in basic in 2nd plt walk around with the selector switch chillin on full auto and the DS called him out on it and this man deadass said "Its not my fault it's on full auto"

[@WilliamRLand]

LOL