Posted on Jan 3, 2015
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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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Thats super creative you have to realize some people have never been around guns in their lives. The thought of shooting them might scare them. I can't say that I have been in that I have been there because I have been around guns my entire life. However I have been around people in the law enforcement arena that have never fired a weapon and now they have to carry one everyday. They are actually easier to teach markmanship too because they have no experience. however they are sacred. Its ok to be scared and respect something that can take someones life.
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CPL Jay Freeman
Awesome for his quick calm thinking. Example of omg I may shoot someone and my Mos said I wouldn't I am a scout in an infantry unit when we got to kiwait we where issued 4 female medics this is what where told issued. So the cpt took them around to introduce them to the platoons and let us know we could no longer pee on tires. Lol when he came to my platoon he informed them to stay away from me we all got a good laugh then he said no I'm serious. My cpt knows me as a guy who belives in equal treatment no matter the race or gender if I would tell a group of guys a joke then the girls can listen too. Long story short we got to Iraq and was informed we had to pull guard duty in the towers each platoon had to give up 4 people for this detail the sog said to pick our partners my buddy teamed up with anouther guy and the female medic grabbed me and said your my partner well now I was not to turn down a strange guy why would I turn her down so there she was having to face the fact she may have to shoot someone with a double non front. Line job and being a female I had no issue with her being there she didn't gripe or complain about the possibility she soldier on
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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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"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
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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.
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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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