On Tue, 25 Nov 2014 18:27:42 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:14:12 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Tue, 25 Nov 2014 16:43:40 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 25 Nov 2014 15:41:54 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

You probably didn't have a dedicated armorer whose job it was to
inventory and repair weapons. We had an armorer at the company level.

http://fas.org/man/dod-101/army/unit/toe/05427L000.htm

Yup, still one there.

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And *that* is a lot of stuff: road graders, cranes, gen sets, a
gazillion radios, etc, etc.

Were weapons listed in there someplace?

Oh, now they call what used to be the mechanized battalion, ENGINEER
COMPANY, ENGINEER BATTALION, HEAVY DIVISION/

http://fas.org/man/dod-101/army/unit/toe/05337F000.htm

Looks like they don't call them 'Mechanized Infantry' anymore.

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I was in HQ Company for the 411th Engineering Brigade based out of Ft
Tilden, NY for the 2nd half of my Army Reserve stint. I don't think I
ever saw a weapon the whole time other than the Nike Missile base that
was hidden away in the sand dunes.

Didn't you guys have to qualify or familiarize annually?

Having worked with Army Reserve units, I would easily believe what you
said. Sometime I'll tell you about the Reserve Diving Detachment I had
'grounded' in San Diego.