Are regular Marine infantry units now carrying the M4?

[Iraqgunz]

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/new...rine-infantry/

Like not just NCO's and officers, but 0311 grunts?

[ABNAK]

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/new...rine-infantry/

I knew they were headed in that direction but wondered if it eventually came to fruition. Of course the M27 muddies the water a bit as far as it's place in the infantry units, be it SDM, SAW man, or the (hoped for) general issue.

I know as recently as the end of 2016 a friend's son went through PI and they still used the A4. Granted, that's a training facility and not the fleet. When I visited Ft. Benning 6 years ago the Army Infantry OSUT recruits were using M4's, but then again the Army has been an all-M4 force for quite a while.

[SeriousStudent]

Serious concern to me is that the Marine Corps Gunners will let personal feelings override other aspects. I think an example of might be the MARSOC 1911 (remember the hype?) how much did that cost, and where are those pistols now?

The Marine Corps has authorized MARSOC operators to carry Glock pistols, since many of the elite outfit's members prefer the popular 9mm over the custom .45 pistols the service bought them in 2012.

The Corps issued a Feb. 2 Marine Administrative Message, or MARADMIN, that green-lighted Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, or MARSOC, units to use the Glock 19, a proven design used by many units in U.S. Special Operations Command.

At roughly 1/5th the size of the Army, crusty old Marines hold a lot more sway.

One of them is in my safe. I got one of them when Colt resold the pistols the Marines returned.

It's a fun nostalgia gun, but I do not carry it for "realsies".