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The Magnificent Mossberg

Solid, reliable and hard-hitting, the 590 soldiers on in Iraq.

Marines and sailors from Alpha 1/5 practice mob control using 12-gauge pump guns. USMC photo by L/Cpl. J.J. Harper

The Del Mar Area Armory, Camp Pendleton, January 16, 2003. I was arguing with the armorer, trying to finagle some long guns for the major and myself, and I was getting nowhere; my pleadings were falling on deaf ears. After about five minutes, an unnamed lieutenant colonel snarled, "Stafford, you and your buddy Coast are going to be advising in the rear, you don't need a damn long gun." A Rescue by MPs Those words will forever be seared into my mind. About two weeks later at Camp ...

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