South Korean Troops Reportedly Guard the DMZ with Unloaded Weapons

| August 4, 2026 | DMZ | 2 Comments

Apparently this decision was made to prevent negligent discharges from happening:

A South Korean army unit responsible for protecting the western front along the nation’s heavily fortified border has been standing guard with unloaded machine guns, according to a media report.  The 1st Corps revised its guard-duty instructions earlier this year, directing soldiers to keep K6 heavy machine guns unloaded with live ammunition nearby, Yonhap News Agency reported Wednesday, citing unnamed military sources.  The 1st Corps oversees operations along the western section of the Demilitarized Zone, which separates North and South Korea. The Joint Chiefs of Staff, which oversees all operations along the border, was unaware of the unit’s updated policy, the report said. 

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ChickenHead
ChickenHead
2 months ago

“directing soldiers to keep K6 heavy machine guns unloaded with live ammunition nearby”

St. Thomas Aquinas argued that animals could not enter the kingdom of heaven.

This brings up a deep philosophical question if ammo can enter the kingdom of heaven once it is no longer live.

I propose it can, if it has killed a communist.

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setnaffa
setnaffa
2 months ago

We all know the ammo was locked away and the fighter aircraft were parked in the middle of the airfields at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. They might not have been able to sink a carrier; but they might have shredded the nearly irreplaceable pilots and aircraft sent to attack Hawaiian bases and ships.

U.S. Army Air Forces (Hawaiian Air Force)

Fighters (Pursuit)

  • Curtiss P-40 Warhawk: 87 aircraft. The front-line fighter of the force, with the majority concentrated at Wheeler Field and a small detachment at Bellows Field.
  • Curtiss P-36 Hawk: 39 aircraft. An older, partially obsolete fighter primarily stationed at Wheeler Field.
  • Boeing P-26 “Peashooter”: 14 aircraft. Obsolete, open-cockpit monoplanes used mainly for training and base defense at Wheeler Field.

Bombers & Attack

  • Douglas B-18 Bolo: 33 aircraft. The most numerous U.S. bomber available in Hawaii, stationed at Hickam Field. It was slow and largely obsolete by 1941 standards.
  • Douglas A-20 Havoc: 13 aircraft. Twin-engine light bombers/attack aircraft stationed at Hickam Field.
  • Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress: 12 aircraft (specifically B-17C and B-17D models) based at Hickam Field. An additional 12 B-17E bombers from the US mainland flew directly into the middle of the Japanese attack that morning.

Marine Corps Air Group 21 (Ewa Mooring Mast Field)

  • Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat: 11 aircraft. The primary Marine fighter option on the island.
  • Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless: 23 aircraft. Scout and dive bombers.
  • Chance Vought SB2U-3 Vindicator: 8 aircraft. Older dive bombers utilized by Marine Scout Bomber Squadron 232 (VMSB-232)

Plus 61 PBYs and 24 spotter planes…

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