What did Uncle Sam teach you to shoot?

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Pahoo

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A previous post, that was closed as non-gun related, prompted me to start this post.
Basically asking what firearms training did you get, in the military. I've notice that some DD-214's, actually list the firearms. Mine has no such listing. However, here is what I got, during my Great Adventure, in the Navy;

1903-a3 (4-hrs. in boot camp)
Issued a 1911, on century watch but no bullets; .... :rolleyes:
Trained and assigned a Garand for special boarding detail. Target practiced on empty coffee cans, off the fan-tail.
.45ACP Thompson sub. Snuck in on a trainig session that I was not authorized to attend. .... :)

Be Safe !!!
 
1970 to 1978 in the USAF,,,

Officially:

One day dry fire then one day wet fire with the M-16 in basic training.

One day combat training with the S&W Model 15 Combat Masterpiece,,,
This was to qualify me to carry a handgun as a document envoy.

Unofficially:

I always tried to meet and befriend the rangemaster at any base I was assigned to,,,
Because of this and an eager attitude I was allowed to shoot a lot of ammunition on the government's dime,,,
I also got to shoot a lot of exotic weapons an ordinary Airman wouldn't normally have access to in their normal course of duty.

Aarond

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M14
AR15
M60 Machine Gun
M3 grease gun
M2 Heavy barrel machine gun.
M240 Machine gun
M60A1 main battle tank (Distinguished '76)
M60A3 main battle tank (Distinguished '84)
1911A1
Mark 19
M9 pistol
M72 LAW
4.2 inch mortar, M30
81 mm mortar, M29.

Looking back on my service, the Army let me play with a bunch of neat toys. My favorite was my time in tank battalions. There is something really cool about taking a tank downrange.
 
I kind of thought they did, but not really at first, I just thought they taught me something.

I knew abit before I joined.

In basic I qualified expert with the M14, in AIT expert with the 1911a1.

Never qualified with a M16 in the regular army although I carried one in Vietnam.

I joined the guard before I was give a chance to qualify with the M16, shot expert each time.

But that wasn't really teaching me to shoot, I learned that when I started shooting high power, on my own until I met this other guardsman who also was shooting on his own, together we started building a program for the AK NG.

While in the NG I attended the USAMU's Sniper School, then the NGB's Coach's clinic.

The PD I worked for did as much for pistols/revolvers. Qualified in the accademy with a model 28 (which I still have). While with APD I attended the FBI's Firearms' instructor's course, and the NRA LE Rifle Instructors course.

After retiring I attended the CMP GSM Master Instructors course.

Having said all that I believed I learned more coaching and instructing then anywhere else.
 
USAF Security Forces/Raven/CATM work...

M16
M4
M9
M249
M240B
M19
M24
Minigun, cant remember the designation. Most fun behind a trigger ever.



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Mark 14, 37 and 45 torpedoes and the MK 65 torpedo tube launching platform! Plus the launching platform for the (then) new Poseidon ICBM(My calibre is bigger than yours!). M1a, 45 auto and the Navy Line throwing gun (based on a S&W K frame revolver. Various submarine launched pyrotechnics and counter measures.
 
M16 A1, M60, M 2, M203, M 1911 A1, TOW, Dragon, LAW, M3A1 and with the Panzer grenedier Battlion 102 the G3 and P1 for the schutzenschnur.
 
Qualified with a M14 in Basic. Got assigned to the Pentagon in 1965, HQ DASA, "google it", never handled a weapon after that.
 
And for something different:

.22 Colt Ace, then moved up to...
.22 Hi Standard Supermatic Citation
.22 bull barrel Remington(?) target rifle

Navy ROTC Rifle and Pistol team while in college, '74-'76.

Did pass a few 5" shells to the hoist going to the turret, but not much training involved. :D
 
M14 in basic, then a 105mm howitizer in AIT. I was never in an artillery unit after that. I spent the rest of my time in the service in Headquarters 24th Infantry Division. I never saw an M16 when I was in the army, nor a blue uniform. Later, I joined the D.C. National Guard (an MP company), which did have M16s.
 
Uncle Moshe (IDF) taught me how to shoot:
M16A1
Galil
AK47
Uzi
Mag58
Brng. 1919
Brng. M2
LAW72
RPG7
52mm mortar
Not to mention how to throw various grenades, lay (and find!) mines, blow stuff up, and drive M113s.
 
Navy - Submarines.

1911- 50 rounds. 30 rounds 2 years later.

Shotgun - 5 rounds once.

Best protection- "shut the hatch and get below!"


Pulled the trigger on a 5"/54 during a ROTC cruise.
 
That's cheating !!!

Pulled the trigger on a 5"/54 during a ROTC cruise.
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Well, I worked on them but never got to pull the trigger. As a matter of fact, not sorry I didn't. Was up on deck one time when these were going off and it only took one round , to get me back, below decks. ..... :eek:

Be Safe !!!
 
Army 1978 to 1982 as a Computer Programmer!

M16A1 - Detailed training on sight picture, field stripping and cleaning. Hundred's of rounds downrange during basic. :)

M60 Machine Gun - 25 Rounds. Taught how to load, unload, change barrels, and shoot in bursts so as not to overheat the barrel. A few more belts would have been nice, I really like this gun! :D

LAW (M72? light anti-tank weapon). This was fun! :cool:

Hand Grenade (M-whatever? the basic baseball sized one) :eek:
 
I don't remember what's listed on my DD-214. I know I trained with the M14 in Basic and AIT, and that's the rifle I originally qualified with so I'm pretty certain that's listed. At subsequent duty stations I was issued and qualified with the M-1 Carbine and the M16, but I wasn't taught how to shoot either. I was also for awhile a member of a regimental shooting team. We shot M1911A1s for handguns (bullseye, or "duelist" style, not combat shooting), and some kind of .22s for rifles. No instruction involved there, either. To be on the team, we had to already know how to shoot.
 
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