Posted on Jan 7, 2016
What would you do if your Sergeant didn't know how to load a magazine?
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I just saw this video and felt like I was watching a multi-car accident on the interstate. It just got worse as it went on. What made it so bad as this was a SGT. The Safety was professional as he could be. Hats off to him. When I heard her say "I'm not Active Duty" I would have kicked her off the range. I am glad the Safety told her that she was a soldier and that he was a reservist too. If I was her CO I would have do everything I could to reduce her. But I think if you have a NCO like this in your unit the unit itself has a lot of issues in the first place. What kills me also is that she has a combat patch.
What would you have if you were the Safety?
Just so you know that you know it is believed that they Safety was a SSG just the same as was the soldier trying to load the mag.
https://www.facebook.com/Theseniorspecialist/videos/ [login to see] 43848/?fref=nf
What would you have if you were the Safety?
Just so you know that you know it is believed that they Safety was a SSG just the same as was the soldier trying to load the mag.
https://www.facebook.com/Theseniorspecialist/videos/ [login to see] 43848/?fref=nf
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The photo above this narrative is screwy. What kind of magazine is used with a belt fed machine gun? I know I went through training back in 1967 but I cannot believe that firearms ha changed that much.
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Ok, after my initial response, I read some others. Point Blank- there is NO EXCUSE, and I don't care what Branch or status you are, to be that damn ignorant on weapons systems. At some point, everyone gets PMI during Basic. The skill just isn't THAT perishable. No excuses.
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In my day, every soldier, and I mean every soldier, was required to qualify, with their weapon. It appears to me, that her unit, did "paper" qualifications, which does a huge I justice to anyone, who serves, because today's conflicts are no longer linear in nature. I would start with her top NCOs, and find out who boarded her for promotion, without verifying her qualifications.
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CPT Russell Pitre I saw that video too and I disagree. The Safety wasn't professional and teach her, he instead ridiculed her and filmed it. How is that professional? She should have been kicked off the range for being unsafe and retrained. Not everyone is born to be in the military but yet we have people in the military that have no business being there and yet they still get promoted. All we can do is train and correct them and then if necessary push them out. To try to reduce them for not knowing how to load a rifle doesn't help anyone out as you still have her in the unit and not knowing how to load a rifle.
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Can't be real.... this kind of scary shit has never been seen on a USMC rifle range...
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Called pmi before a range... rank has no play in it... can’t do pmi then you don’t shoot.. it’s that simple.. it’s a basic skill... and mos doesn’t matter... the reservists l national guardist doesn’t fly ... period
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My children would not do it. I tried to get them to join ROTC for the Air Force. I wanted then to join as an Officer only. I also wanted the best benefits with the safest jobs. My son has a History and Political Science degree that could have been used in a number of high security low risk jobs. My daughter has her degree in Respiratory Therapy.
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