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I have heard everything from, kevlar too tight/loose, gloves, camelbak was in the way, can't fire with knee/elbow pads, never fired with a vest/kevlar in BCT, couldn't see anything, etc.
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A PVT told the Drill Sergeant she didn't feel comfortable firing live rounds. Calm as glass, he puts a hand on her shoulder and fishes way in the back of the stack of magazines and tells her, "look, these with the green tips are special blanks. When you fire them, they go bang like blanks, but they will appear to put holes in the target so no one else will know." No lie, she cried tears of relief and thanked him for his understanding. I was stunned. By the time she figured it out, she was over it.
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SPC David Willis
Haha reminds me of a time we were taking a MAJ off base for the first time in her deployment. I was driving and she was sitting behind me. We stopped at the barrels to load our weapons and she looked at my TC dead ass serious and asked "do I have to load mine? It makes me a little nervous" He looked at her and shook his head and said "yea, yea it makes me a little nervous as well" she ended up mag in but not hot. The most nervous I had ever been driving around Iraq wasn't from IEDs or EFPs it was from knowing some Major who was scared of her rifle was sitting right behind me haha.
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MSG Thomas Currie
SSG (Join to see) - I was born and raised in NYC. I don't think I had ever even seen a gun in real life other than in the holster on a police officer (they didn't draw their guns and wave them around back then). The first gun I ever touched was an M1918A2 Browning Automatic Rifle, in college with NROTC -- .30-06, full-auto.
As I recall they only gave us each 10 rounds for the BAR, then 5 for an M1911A1, and 5 for an M1903A3.
That 10 rounds from the BAR was enough to make me love shooting.
As I recall they only gave us each 10 rounds for the BAR, then 5 for an M1911A1, and 5 for an M1903A3.
That 10 rounds from the BAR was enough to make me love shooting.
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MSG Thomas Currie
SPC David Willis - presumably not a combat arms officer, we probably have more like that today than before, but we have always had a few like that, male and female, officer and enlisted, every MOS. There are always a few that really just don't belong in a war zone.
A long long time ago, in a land far far away, we briefly had one guy in our tank platoon who rode the back of a tank carrying an M16 rifle because the M60 machine gun that anyone else would have carried in that slot was too heavy for him to lift much less shoot.
A long long time ago, in a land far far away, we briefly had one guy in our tank platoon who rode the back of a tank carrying an M16 rifle because the M60 machine gun that anyone else would have carried in that slot was too heavy for him to lift much less shoot.
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"Drill Sergeant I cant hit the target" Yes Soldier I can see that. I'll take a closer look this next round and see if we can fix that.
"Drill sergeant I think I know why"
Really...why?
"Drill Sergeant I think my barrel is bent"
Ahh, sure that could be it, happens all the time (no sarcasm font, but I would have used it to set the tone if it existed) then I notice the serious face...... ahhh, PRIVET .. WHY do you think your barrel is bent?
"Drill sergeant I bent it this morning when i fell out the window"
(Keeping in mind I was at Fort Jackson, in the first Gender Integrated units, so asking this next question is never fun and generally a bad idea) PVT how,,err why,, no how did you fall out of the window.and WHAT window?
".........Drill Sergeant......ahhh...... well...." STOP.. say nothing else... lock and clear.... we need to have this conversation with the commander.
"Drill sergeant I think I know why"
Really...why?
"Drill Sergeant I think my barrel is bent"
Ahh, sure that could be it, happens all the time (no sarcasm font, but I would have used it to set the tone if it existed) then I notice the serious face...... ahhh, PRIVET .. WHY do you think your barrel is bent?
"Drill sergeant I bent it this morning when i fell out the window"
(Keeping in mind I was at Fort Jackson, in the first Gender Integrated units, so asking this next question is never fun and generally a bad idea) PVT how,,err why,, no how did you fall out of the window.and WHAT window?
".........Drill Sergeant......ahhh...... well...." STOP.. say nothing else... lock and clear.... we need to have this conversation with the commander.
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SGM Erik Marquez
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Would mind saying why you down voted my post?
It would be the polite and professional thing to do.
Would mind saying why you down voted my post?
It would be the polite and professional thing to do.
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SGM i appoligize if I down voted your post I actually thought it was funny and i didn't realize I even voted.
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SGM Erik Marquez
Lol
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No worries thanks for responding I'm not afraid of criticism just would like to know what it was.
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No worries thanks for responding I'm not afraid of criticism just would like to know what it was.
Have a good day
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TSgt David Holman
I would have had to hand him a bag of Doritos and tell him this was as close to firing a real weapon he would ever get...
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We had a guy in my platoon at Benning who had never fired a weapon before in his life. I think he swallowed a roll of quarters to make the minimum weight to get in. He was big into video games though. He was the only one in our company to qualify 40/40.
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