The material contained herein is applicable without modification to nuclear and conventional warfare. Trainers must see that safety procedures are observed at all times. Commanders, trainers, and individual students must all remember that safety is everyone's responsibility. All training should be conducted as though the weapon is fully loaded. At no time while using this manual will speed or accuracy override safety procedures.
Safe training is good training.
The proponent of this publication is US Army Infantry School. Unless this publication states otherwise, masculine nouns and pronouns do not refer exclusively to men.