I had two AKs that I could have gotten back to the states all broken down in pieces in my seabag. They told us that customs was going to go through our bags. Any 'contraband' found was going to put us on the last plane out of country...Soccerdad1995 wrote:...*snip*
When we came back from the gulf, a couple guys in my unit tried to keep a few AK's that they had found as souvenirs. They were successful, too. Right up to the point that they decided to get drunk, and back up into a police car while leaving the local bar. The AK's were sitting in plain view on the backseat of their truck. Those guys spent some time in Leavenworth on their way out of the service. Maybe this is what Mr Kosper means when he says that if you want a "fully auto assault weapon" you should join the Army. Because he knows that it would be easier to steal one from your unit than it would be to purchase one legally?*snip*...
I 86'd the AK parts because I wanted to go home...lol.
I DID get an Iraqi Beretta 9mm back to Hawaii packed in a pistol case with all the other M9s. Once back to the armory, the battalion XO spotted it and says, "who's is this?" Being as I had somewhat of a brain in my head, I kept my mouth shut. I think the Major took the pistol home...lol.
Oh, and customs never touched our seabags...SMH.