Army unit revokes directive instructing guards to carry batons instead of guns amid criticism
An Army division in Gangwon Province reportedly issued, and later hastily withdrew, a baffling guideline instructing guards at guardhouses to carry “three-tiered batons” from Monday instead of firearms while on sentry duty.
Specifically, the directive went further, requiring batons to be affixed to body armor rather than held in the hand.
However, as criticism mounted that three-tiered batons would leave guards ill-equipped to deal with enemy infiltration, the division moved to retract the guideline.
Guardhouses are facilities where guards
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