Quote Originally Posted by Alpha-17 View Post
Different scenario, but related I guess. When we were in Haiti, we had a full combat load, and carried a loaded mag in our M4s, but were forbidden from chambering a round. The only times we did were during some riots, or when we got shot at. Got yelled at both times for it.
I did security at JFK after 9/11, loaded mags but no round chambered. Base security at an Air Guard base a year later, same deal, and then again at a train yard in Long Island. However when my company was called up for the 2020 riots I instructed my men to have a round chambered, and we rolled with a full combat load for that. Personal firearms and ammo were brought but left at the armory.