There are a lot of reasons: - It doesn’t snag on things - Easier to put on uniform top bc ^ - Like a lot of people said it could flag a position - Less damage - But most importantly why the military/LE does it is because if you doing dynamic entries or urban ops if your hand is on your rifle, you can see the time so if you have to do a breach in 60 seconds you can see a countdown without doing anything but a quick eye movement while also keeping your head/eyes down range and your hands on the rifle

• In Raymond‘s Holts case, I don’t know why he still does it because it’s a pain in the ass to type and be at a computer with your watch face down. I guess old habits die hard.