Soldiers asked to disarm during Leon Panetta speech - Telegraph: "Less than a week after a US staff sergeant allegedly massacred 16 civilians in Kandahar, American soldiers were banned from bringing guns into a talk by Mr Panetta at a base in Helmand province.
Around 200 troops who had gathered in a tent at Camp Leatherneck were told "something had come to light" and asked abruptly to file outside and lay down their automatic rifles and 9mm pistols."
... they're not going to want armed Marines near them. After all, O Duce's just "proud of them
generally".