10 Oct 2021 Garand Picture of the Day

[Daan Kemp]

Maybe they are officers taking the point... ha ha ha, as Tom Cruise said, "Sometimes I crack myself up."

I don't see the point with this post [#8], what am I missing?

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[Flying10uk]

I don't see the point with this post [#8], what am I missing?

I'm not sure what you call it in South Africa but in the UK and US military the person at the front of a patrol is said to be on "point duty". As you know the person at the front of a patrol is in the most dangerous position of that patrol.

It was intended as a joke as officers normally carry pistols but are not normally on "point duty" as the patrol would run a high risk of losing the person in command of it.

It wasn't intended to be taken too seriously.

Hopefully I've answered your question as best as I can, not being ex-military myself.