Marines train to guard ammunition supply point with shotguns

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 More than 50 Marines attached to Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2nd Marine Logistics Group qualified with M-1014 Joint Service Combat Shotguns here, May 22.

Although many of the service members came from different units, they have the same mission: protect Marine Corps munitions.

“Marines who guard ammunition have to use shotguns,” said Staff Sgt. Joseph J. Giacomelli, an ammunition technician with Ammunition Company, 2nd Supply Battalion, 2nd MLG and the primary marksman instructor for the event. “The low velocity of the [shotgun rounds] won’t detonate ammunition if it hits it. [High-speed projectiles] from rifles can set off the explosives, and we wouldn’t want that.”

The Marines are scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan in the near future. They are expected to stand watch and protect the ammunition for the troops in their area of operation.