As an E-5 in the Guard, I routinely request for my platoon to be assigned to training missions at a facilities in which I am allowed to carry my own sidearm (which I legally carry concealed), rather than go to a federal military base where weapons are either prohibited or kept locked up.

I believe that as an NCO, it is my responsibility to keep my soldiers safe no matter what. If I cannot keep them safe, then what is the point of them obeying my orders? The quote above by the Israeli soldier is priceless; that my ACUs are a halloween costume if I am unarmed.