Your foul mouth got tedious long time ago. I don't want to guess what produces an adult with absolutely no idea how to act like an adult but I know I want to have as little of it in my day as possible.
Very odd indeed and it just keeps getting odder. Quals are 'for record' which means there is a signed target, you and the NCOIC of the range. So no, just shooting with an NCO isn't qualifying. Nice story though...
Very odd indeed and it just keeps getting odder. Quals are 'for record' which means there is a signed target, you and the NCOIC of the range. So no, just shooting with an NCO isn't qualifying. Nice story though...
#2 quals....lol... some REMFs did that on the M-16 range, pencil holes in targets, signed with a very scrawled sig.
#2 quals....lol... some REMFs did that on the M-16 range, pencil holes in targets, signed with a very scrawled sig.
All kindsa funny in this one, counting expended brass was the first tip-off. I can't help but think any unit that was so fast and loose with regulations on staying current didn't bother counting- just signed it off and dumped into the mix- I mean all that practice going on...
You know you are right. When I qualified in basic and AIT there were thousands of us going through for days. We did not have to account for every brass at that time. I think they did weigh it in and out. Now when I got to my duty assignment in Arizona even the PT test there was only 20 or 30 of us at a time. We did not qualify with the rest of the soldiers on the post. We were on separate rations also. The reason I don't remember was because it was not the big affair it was in basic and AIT. We went through basic at Ft. McClellan. It seemed we were separate from the rest of the military now that I think about it.Very odd indeed and it just keeps getting odder. Quals are 'for record' which means there is a signed target, you and the NCOIC of the range. So no, just shooting with an NCO isn't qualifying. Nice story though...
Once, and it was only one ship. Congress did nothing. Then LBJ deliberately lied to Congress two days later and told them that they had been attacked a second time, when they hadn't been attacked at all. That is when Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution in August 1964.
Huh, guess I served back in the day when either marksman was easier to do or not having 100% was expected. Been a few decades but I seem to remember at least two days involved- first day was practice but if you qualed you were GTG. Second day was for the rest. Some purposely didn't qual the first day to have the two range days. We had quite a few range days- for the M60, 203, LAW, 90RCL, grenade, one a year we shot at an RC plane swooping down on us.... fun, fun, fun. Range days were also barrack days so it sure beat sleeping in the 'shallow grave' we dug at night when out in the field...
Huh, guess I served back in the day when either marksman was easier to do or not having 100% was expected. Been a few decades but I seem to remember at least two days involved- first day was practice but if you qualed you were GTG. Second day was for the rest. Some purposely didn't qual the first day to have the two range days. We had quite a few range days- for the M60, 203, LAW, 90RCL, grenade, one a year we shot at an RC plane swooping down on us.... fun, fun, fun. Range days were also barrack days so it sure beat sleeping in the 'shallow grave' we dug at night when out in the field...
Huh, guess I served back in the day when either marksman was easier to do or not having 100% was expected. Been a few decades but I seem to remember at least two days involved- first day was practice but if you qualed you were GTG. Second day was for the rest. Some purposely didn't qual the first day to have the two range days. We had quite a few range days- for the M60, 203, LAW, 90RCL, grenade, one a year we shot at an RC plane swooping down on us.... fun, fun, fun. Range days were also barrack days so it sure beat sleeping in the 'shallow grave' we dug at night when out in the field...
Deal or ordeal???
Yes, many thought if they had to engage with small arms the plan wasn't going as planned...
Deal or ordeal???
We did the hoist and paste range once a year- fun actually compared to humping ALICE...
Is why Marines should never be allowed more than a few feet above sea level...
Ahhh, back on topic...
Yes, many thought if they had to engage with small arms the plan wasn't going as planned...
I found many civilian cops and agents thought their job was to investigate not engage in fire fights with pistols, so practice was haphazard for many...