This is what I hated most about Self-Defense Force AKA Japanese Army.
Here's a local news released on Dec 3, 2014 Japan.
They found out that there's ONE rifle ammo missing after a live fire exercise yesterday (1,450 rounds shotby 50 soldiers). Of course (oh yeah?) they put everything aside and started to search for it. It must have been somewhere within the shooting range, but the search didn't go successfully at all. (Imagine losing a coin on the beach...)Then Regiment (their parent unit) came into play. They sent approximately 600 soldiers to find one rifle ammo, half-buried somewhere in their own shooting range. They searched the entire area over night against the clock.
In the early morning, another 70 soldiers were added and they happened to find it at 11:43 am today. The regiment commanding officer released a comment apologizing for disturbing local communities.
「行方不明の実弾１個」を求め、陸上自衛隊弘前駐屯地（青森県弘前市）の隊員約６００人が２日午後から徹夜で雪の岩木山麓（さんろく）を捜索し、３日昼前にやっと発見した。寒気が流れ込み深さ３０～４０センチに達した雪をかき分けての捜索だった。
陸自第９師団司令部によると、第３９普通科連隊の１個中隊５０人が２日朝～午後、弘前演習場（同県西目屋村）で８９式小銃（口径５．５６ミリ）による射撃訓練を実施。それぞれが２９発、計１４５０発を撃つはずが、１人が２８発しか射撃していないことが判明した。薬きょうを確認すると、やはり１４４９個しかなく、「実弾紛失の可能性がある」と捜索を始めた。
実弾の配布場所から射撃場まで、屋外の約５０メートル区間が捜索範囲。中隊員たちだけでの捜索は難航し、投光器まで投入した徹夜の捜索に約６００人が投入された。３日早朝にはさらに約７０人が応援に入り、同日午前１１時４３分に雪中から実弾１個を回収した。
陸自第９師団司令部によると、第３９普通科連隊の１個中隊５０人が２日朝～午後、弘前演習場（同県西目屋村）で８９式小銃（口径５．５６ミリ）による射撃訓練を実施。それぞれが２９発、計１４５０発を撃つはずが、１人が２８発しか射撃していないことが判明した。薬きょうを確認すると、やはり１４４９個しかなく、「実弾紛失の可能性がある」と捜索を始めた。
実弾の配布場所から射撃場まで、屋外の約５０メートル区間が捜索範囲。中隊員たちだけでの捜索は難航し、投光器まで投入した徹夜の捜索に約６００人が投入された。３日早朝にはさらに約７０人が応援に入り、同日午前１１時４３分に雪中から実弾１個を回収した。
This kind of nonsense is taking place all over Japan as I write. It still annoys me today. I know it is important to keep civilians away from firearms since the gun-free policy must be respected in any situations in Japan right? However, due to this super-pacifist obsession, none of soldiers have ever and will dedicate 100% of their minds towards their exercise which is supposedly and obviously paid attention most.
This time it happened to be with a live ammunition, but definitely the same goes to a blank or even with a casing shell with no joke.
Japan's spending a huge amount of military expenditure to keep the door locked, but spending lots of time and assets as well searching for lost consumption articles like that.
This reality won't be known forever outside of Japan unless someone write out. So let me do this.
Part of me is still hoping SDF would be a normal military some day...
This time it happened to be with a live ammunition, but definitely the same goes to a blank or even with a casing shell with no joke.
Japan's spending a huge amount of military expenditure to keep the door locked, but spending lots of time and assets as well searching for lost consumption articles like that.
This reality won't be known forever outside of Japan unless someone write out. So let me do this.
Part of me is still hoping SDF would be a normal military some day...
