I was a reservist, so there was my basic grunt issue of an M-14 and my secondary MOS was a 2831 which qualified me for a side arm-the 1911. In ITR they had run out of M-14's so we were issued the old M1 Garand. I really liked that rifle. It didn't seem as loud as the M-14 with its flash suppressor.
I love talking guns. But didn't mean to derail this thread, lol.