Can anyone else on Rally Point claim as ‘Second Man’ in your Squad to have acted as ‘Stack Man’?

2023-04-30T14:46:02-04:00

With an M-1 Garand, from the position of Attention, the Stack Man would cast his rifle butt forward, hold it and his stacking swivel steady as the man to his right and then the man on his left would engage their stacking swivels with his and and then tighten the ‘stack’ by dragging the butt of his rifle towards himself?

Response by SGM Erik Marquez made Apr 30 at 2023 3:22 PM

2023-04-30T15:22:37-04:00

Heck not only can I make that claim as an individual, I can say I also taught the Count Off, Stack Arm, Unstack Arms as a Drill Sergeant

Response by SFC Casey O'Mally made Apr 30 at 2023 3:28 PM

2023-04-30T15:28:54-04:00

I have not done stack arms since 1998, maybe 1999. Leadership philosophy shifted in the Army, and after that timeframe, leaving your weapon with someone else to guard it became unthinkable. Stack arms was rendered obsolete.

Response by CPT Lawrence Cable made May 1 at 2023 3:11 PM

2023-05-01T15:11:01-04:00

You were in the Army when they still used Garands? They went to the M14 when? 1957?
The only place I stacked arms was in Infantry OSUT and we did it with M16A1's that did not have a stacking swivel.

Response by SGT Philip Roncari made May 1 at 2023 7:28 PM

2023-05-01T19:28:19-04:00

I don’t recall any” stack” arms drills during my training period at Ft.Lewis 1965/66,do recall many,many damp ,some would call it rain,(but then we would experience real rain later),but I digress, days on the Quadrangle.Close order drill with the best weapon we had ,our beloved M14.I do remember an obscure training block of instruction setting up shelter half tents with tent poll measures for company areas,of course never saw a shelter half again,instead was educated OJT with poncho tents in “the land of the little people “Welcome Home Brothers