I haven't been to a military range in over 20 years, but this caught my eye.

CW4 Larry Curtis — Sat, 11 Apr 2015 17:55:30 -0400

Either someone set this soldier up, or this is a joke. LOL.

Response by CW4 Larry Curtis made Apr 11 at 2015 5:56 PM

CW4 Larry Curtis — Sat, 11 Apr 2015 17:56:34 -0400

It has been even longer than 20 years since I've fired a machinegun. I don't think this is going to work though...

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 11 at 2015 6:15 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 11 Apr 2015 18:15:48 -0400

This is so bad. What is the saddest part of this they just fired the weapon so they must have just got a class on that weapon system. It goes to say the quality of training in Basic Training might be diminishing.

Not only is it backwards it is up side down also. So much fail in one place.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 11 at 2015 6:17 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 11 Apr 2015 18:17:12 -0400

Joke or no joke. This is crazy.

Response by Sgt Cody Dumont made Apr 11 at 2015 6:19 PM

Sgt Cody Dumont — Sat, 11 Apr 2015 18:19:50 -0400

17 years for me, that made ma laugh so hard I fell on the floor.

Response by SSG (ret) William Martin made Apr 11 at 2015 7:46 PM

SSG (ret) William Martin — Sat, 11 Apr 2015 19:46:19 -0400

What would Private Benjamin say?

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 11 at 2015 7:51 PM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 11 Apr 2015 19:51:00 -0400

Just saw this on FB earlier, it's gotta be a joke.

Response by SGT Richard H. made Apr 11 at 2015 9:19 PM

SGT Richard H. — Sat, 11 Apr 2015 21:19:20 -0400

She probably posted that pic on facebook with the caption "I'M PRACTICALLY INFANTRY"

On a serious note, I showed this to my 18 year old daughter and she said "OMG, Dad, she has the bullets backwards."

Response by CW4 Larry Curtis made Apr 12 at 2015 12:31 AM

CW4 Larry Curtis — Sun, 12 Apr 2015 00:31:06 -0400

I just remembered a war story from my basic training...there was a soldier on our ammo/magazine loading detail that found 2 rounds of 556 that the projectiles were loose on and thought it would be a good idea to take the powder from one and add it to the other. The guy who ended up with that magazine on the firing line was lucky he was not a left-handed shooter. When that round was fired it blew the receiver assembly out to the ejection port side in several pieces and caused two more rounds inside the magazine to fire as well. It was quite fortunate that nobody was hurt. If the shooter had been left-handed part of his face would have probably gone flying away with the pieces of the receiver group.

Response by SFC Mark Merino made Apr 12 at 2015 2:32 AM

SFC Mark Merino — Sun, 12 Apr 2015 02:32:20 -0400

I feel a meme coming on.........

Response by GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad made Apr 12 at 2015 7:31 AM

GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad — Sun, 12 Apr 2015 07:31:04 -0400

Response by Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 12 at 2015 8:02 AM

Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 12 Apr 2015 08:02:39 -0400

wrong direction

Response by TSgt David L. made Apr 12 at 2015 8:10 AM

TSgt David L. — Sun, 12 Apr 2015 08:10:55 -0400

You have to give her credit, the caliber did match the weapon. Not sure how long it took to do it or to figure out the reason for the "malfunction"! LOL

Response by Lt Col Jim Coe made Apr 12 at 2015 10:17 AM

Lt Col Jim Coe — Sun, 12 Apr 2015 10:17:43 -0400

Even an AF officer can tell this is TFU!

Response by SFC Michael Hasbun made Apr 12 at 2015 10:32 AM

SFC Michael Hasbun — Sun, 12 Apr 2015 10:32:42 -0400

I'm pretty confident it was a joke... My only questions are, given the red blotch as a patch, is this basic training? If so, when the hell did they let Privates start carrying phones in Basic? I went to Parris Island, so I'm genuinely clueless as to whether or not that's a thing. I heard that the Army did that, but I assumed it was a jab/joke...

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 12 at 2015 12:58 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 12 Apr 2015 12:58:17 -0400

I know the obvious joke, but perhaps they wanted to be safe while trying to look hardcore.

Response by CAPT Kevin B. made Apr 12 at 2015 2:02 PM

CAPT Kevin B. — Sun, 12 Apr 2015 14:02:54 -0400

I like the set shot humor. Sometimes things are not humorous. We had an O-4 in a Regimental command we dubbed "Rambo". He wanted to be soooo military. Problem was he was a few floats short of a parade. After dropping the 81mm round down the tube pointy end first twice, he was banished from that. After pulling the pin on a practice grenade and freaking out with a long toss into a training pit with Seabees using the real thing, his career ceased. Nothing like hearing a fuse hiss in the dark behind you. A lot of Hershey Squirt cleanup. Not fun.

Response by SN Andrew Broggins made Apr 12 at 2015 9:13 PM

SN Andrew Broggins — Sun, 12 Apr 2015 21:13:38 -0400

Bullets facing the wrong way ...

Response by SSG Richard Reilly made Apr 13 at 2015 10:09 AM

SSG Richard Reilly — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 10:09:46 -0400

New for the modern Soldier backwards bullets. All the rage for the current terrorist.

Probably a staged photo that really wasn't staged well. Maybe for women in the military week month year or whatever.

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 13 at 2015 11:58 AM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 11:58:27 -0400

Certainly an IET soldier as the left shoulder has no patch. Boot in the corner is not an issue boot, so it's an instructor or DS standing over. I didn't go to Basic all that long ago, the way the crew serve range was run for me, each trainee stood behind the firing line with a belt of ammo in his hands. A DS would give the signal and all the privates on line would walk up to the weapon, load it and start firing. Use up the ammo, clear the weapon, DS clears it, and you move to the back of the firing point, to be replaced by the next soldier. I doubt the whole process took more than 3 minutes. I never even looked through the sights of the weapon. While getting into a proper firing position a DS started yelling at me to quit wasting time. So I just burned up my rounds in a few bursts, and never hit a thing. Most all the guys in my platoon did the same. I'm figuring this private got nervous, slammed the belt in, and by the time she realized she'd done something wrong, a DS was screaming at her, "DO NOT MOVE, DON'T TOUCH A THING!!" So, instead of a quick glance around hoping nobody saw, which is what would happen at a normal range, she's stuck being the star of the internet.

Response by Travis Ramos made Mar 22 at 2016 4:26 PM

Travis Ramos — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 16:26:11 -0400

This image inspired something for me. It has been around the internet with the premise of spot the mistake. I considered, what if it is not a mistake, but a statement? For every bullet you shoot, you create bullets that are pointed at you. Shoot someone (even if they need to be and or deserve it) that person has family and friends, or someone was unsettled, and unhinged by the bomb that dropped in their neighborhood... War just makes more war! Destroy your enemies by making friends out of them.

Response by CW5 Jack Cardwell made Jan 22 at 2018 8:18 AM

CW5 Jack Cardwell — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 08:18:41 -0500

Not a joke. This is the new reverse feed system for soldiers who forget " pointy end goes forward" !

Response by SPC Gary Welch made Aug 3 at 2018 12:45 AM

SPC Gary Welch — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 00:45:36 -0400

Either rampant stupidity or cruel joke either way can't fix stupid

Response by PO3 Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 3 at 2018 4:10 AM

PO3 Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 04:10:00 -0400

lol

Response by SGM Bill Frazer made Aug 3 at 2018 12:18 PM

SGM Bill Frazer — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 12:18:57 -0400

Unfortunately not, my grandson is a Abrams crew member- on a dog and pony show- someone put the ammo in the .50cal in BACKWARDS! When he told us, I cried!

Response by SrA Alvin Cook made Aug 8 at 2018 6:48 PM

SrA Alvin Cook — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 18:48:39 -0400

WOW ! No words ! LOL