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.
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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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First of all everyone going to the range suppose to get refresher classes right there on the range before going on line!!! Leadership and training NCO problem!
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I’m not an NCO but I’d pull her off the range and take her to the side for some one on one training. Get a battle to take my spot as safety, and tactfully and professionally educate this NCO. “No one is more professional than I” “All Soldiers are entitled to outstanding leadership I will provide that leadership”
Soldiers don’t just mean lower enlisted, it means anyone who wears the uniform. Educate one how to load and unload, proper technique, and crawl walk run.
Soldiers don’t just mean lower enlisted, it means anyone who wears the uniform. Educate one how to load and unload, proper technique, and crawl walk run.
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I went through basic training in 1960, and trained with the M1 Garand rifle. The next time I saw an M1 was about 35 years later. After training I was assigned to a unit, and two days later we went to the range. I was handed an M2 carbine. I had never seen one before, and sure enough, no one bothered to tell me and the other new pvt. anything, even how to set the selector switch so the weapon would not fire full auto. Big surprise when the other new guy’s fired a burst of three! On to the next unit 10 months later, carbines again. But the next year I was assigned an M14. Years later I joined the ARNG, and my weapon was an M16. Somehow I managed to qualify with every weapon despite receiving no instruction after basic. It must have been all those days out back with my trusty Daisy air rifle. It really griped me when we were expected to fall in with weapons didn’t even know how to go to inspection arms.
All of that aside, I never was expected to load a clip or magazine on the range.
All of that aside, I never was expected to load a clip or magazine on the range.
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It’s your duty to train and keep everyone Battle Ready! There are many reasons to forget basic skills. As a 1SG I always required my lower ranking soldiers to conduct all Squad And Platoon Level Training. This Let me know if my NCO’s were doing their job. Everyone is required to be able to teach all Basic Skills! ALL OF THE TIME. The Army is as strong as it’s instructors, for this is one of the requirements of Leadership.
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Link didn’t work. I have experienced this kind of thin during my Guard service. Having gone through Parris Island I have been through what is most likely the best basic marksmanship training there is. During many range days while operating as range staff, particularly safety, I encountered soldiers of all ranks, including nco’s and officers, whose skills were woefully inadequate to the current task. Some just needed a verbal reminder of site picture and alignment, or breathing technique or other basic skills and they were of and running. Others I had to personally coach through their ten rounds of zero fire often telling the soldier to grab another ten and come back to the same firing position. Others had to be removed and more or less trained on the spot. I kept a notebook with asic diagrams to use rather than the manual. I trained many soldiers while cramming down an MRE during a lunch break! The problem was usually found in support personnel that had not been to the ranges in years. The idea that every Marine (yes, Marines as well despite the excellent initial training) or soldier is first a rifleman is a bad joke at best and a lie in reality. Fulfilling the requirements of their own MOS rarely leaves time for the single most basic skill of any servicemen. This is a failing of senior command. As a British soldier I, and EVERY other British soldier, was required to do an annual Battle Camp that lasted two weeks and consisted of nothing but infantry training. We also went to the rifle ranges at least three times a year and were required to pass TOETS (Test Of Elementary Training Skills) annually. TOETS were basic weapons handling skills and were conducted without live ammo, they were designed to allow a soldier to demonstrate the minimum skills to operate weapons safely and efficiently, with a separate test for each weapon. Standards were very high and no soldier would fail as this basically meant you weren’t worth squat. Indeed you could not attend range training without passing TOETS. Although most Americans grow up learning basic safety skills with small arms the addition of TOETS style training to the Marines basic marksmanship training and enforced annual (at a minimum) range days and qualifications would provide truth to what is currently a lie.
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As I cannot see the video in question, therefore I can't say much but reflect on my experiences. The Reserve/NG often times get people form other services ie Air Force. I have seen some people from Big Blue who had no clue what a rifle was for. Does that mean this person was prior AF, I don't know.
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Getting promoted in the Army does not require competency, enlisted or officer. That whole nco creed, backbone of the Army is really just union propaganda. Rank does not elevate ability only expectations.
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She would be loading every magazine used on the range that day! Then the next day, she would be teaching others. She would continue to do that until she could do it in her sleep!
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F$ck... What is happening with standards? Why are they so hard to maintain in life and death roles?
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