Paragon,
Believe me, muzzle control is one of the strictist things that we have drilled into our heads when we train. Sweeping someone with a weapon once will at the minimum get you a verbal warning and if you do it a second time I've been told you'll get punched.
I can't speak first hand about this picture, but I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't have it actually pointed off to the side. There's no way the Coxswain is going to put up with one or both .50 cal's pointing directly at the back of his head.
BTW: These boats are 32 foot, Aluminum, twin diesels, twin jet drives.
Here's another picture:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by PARAGON:
Umm, that's not very good barrel awareness!
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Rory
'94 Hummer
www.roryroberts.com
St. Charles, MO
[This message was edited by Rory on 03-06-04 at 05:17 PM.]