>  > Blackwater is training?)
 > 
 >  CS> Probably basic safety.  After 9/11, all ships and piers have multiple
 >  CS> armed guards at all times.  Combination of rifles and 9mm. It's kinda
 >  CS> rare to find a person on sea duty who hasnt requalified with weapons
 >  CS> annually now.
 > 
 > And the Navy can't do this training?  What do we farm out next; boot camp?

Maybe thats for initial training, or maybe thats where the instructors
shipboard are trained and pass it on to the crew.  Dont really know.

 > I think we were supposed to that once a year, but never did it at Skaggs?
 > In fact only on Guam, so once in four years for me?

Did it annually myself for almost 7 years.
            xxcarol
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