Does the military force people to use their right hand? I wouldn't think they would do that - it would make those left-handed weaker, more vulnerable. I doubt they would bother enforcing that.
2007-08-15 14:40:08 · 12 answers · asked by Janelle W 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
On a few things...like you always salute with the right hand...just as when you begin to march you start with the right foot. But not with weapons and writing and things like that. with the exception that on the firing range, every one has to fire from prone, standing, right barracade and left barracade to qualify and show that they can.
2007-08-15 14:49:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It goes back to the M-1 and M-14. The operating rod would come straight back at the eye of a lefty. Everyone had to qualify Right handed.
2007-08-15 21:59:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope, they just tell you in basic that lefties will sometimes get hit with brass when they are at the shooting range. Because the weapons are designed for right hand use, but Ive never heard of anything like that and Ive heard some whacked out, outer-space type stories in my 4.5 years in the Army
2007-08-15 23:25:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they don't but there are certain things that do require you use your right hand.
But they won't require you use your right hand in everything.
My husband is left handed and has been in the army for almost 13 years.
2007-08-15 23:13:19 · answer #4 · answered by ckamk1995 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No more than the rest of the world already does..... Most equpiment is designed with right handers in mind. From a engine control to a fork.
2007-08-15 21:56:13 · answer #5 · answered by lana_sands 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No my husband is left handed in the army and my son is right handed in the army.
2007-08-15 21:48:43 · answer #6 · answered by Ladybones 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you always step off with the LEFT foot except when doing a "right step" movement while in formation but, no, they do not enforce right hand use.
2007-08-15 21:54:37 · answer #7 · answered by Todd J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, my brother is Left handed, in the army.
2007-08-15 21:56:51 · answer #8 · answered by relaxed 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a southpaw. I did 25 years in the Navy. No problem. Relax.
2007-08-15 21:58:31 · answer #9 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not for Shooting in the U.S.Army, I've shot weapons for 26 years left handed
M1911A1's
M9's
M3A1's
M14's
M16's
XM16E1's
M16A1's
M16A2's
M16A4's
M4's
M60's
M240's
M249's
M500's
M1200's
M107's
never any problem with ejecting casings hitting me either
2007-08-15 21:53:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋