The new Marine Corps rifle qualification is here
Where you hit the target matters a lot more now.
www.marinecorpstimes.com
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New Marine Corps rifle qual.
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USAF qual, at basic training was nothing. Shot a 22lr modified M16. (This was way before the AR15-22 was a standard production rifle). Had to hit a silhouette target Something like 80 or 100 at 100 yards to get marksmen. But "passing" wasn't required to pass basic.
Didn't touch a weapon again until a couple years later. A 5.56 M16 this time. Guy next to me shot at my target too. Got my marksmanship medal, but never pinned it. I didn't wear blues after shipping to Germany.
Didn't touch a weapon again until a couple years later. A 5.56 M16 this time. Guy next to me shot at my target too. Got my marksmanship medal, but never pinned it. I didn't wear blues after shipping to Germany.
The Corps has also revamped it's Infantry training, extending it from nine to fourteen weeks:
New Marine Infantry Training Course Aims to Make Deadlier, More Independent Grunts
New Marine Infantry Training Course Aims to Make Deadlier, More Independent Grunts
I think they should train for 'real world' scenarios. Just makes me wonder what enemy they have in mind for this new technique.
Tin foil time I know, but can't help but wonder and to know if their focus is on American civilians.
The timing is suspicious to me with what happened with congress a few weeks back and Biden being the potus and all...
Tin foil time I know, but can't help but wonder and to know if their focus is on American civilians.
The timing is suspicious to me with what happened with congress a few weeks back and Biden being the potus and all...
What happens to the Marines who never qualify even under remedial help?
Are they kicked out?
I think there will be some recruits who may have every other skill to be a good Marine but just can't qualify.
Perhaps they can transfer to another branch.
Are they kicked out?
I think there will be some recruits who may have every other skill to be a good Marine but just can't qualify.
Perhaps they can transfer to another branch.
KMM696
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It's not a change in initial training, it's a change in qualification.
From the article:
Qualifying in a manner that more closely resembles use in the field, and only doing qualification tasks during that time makes sense. If a Marine quals right out of the box, they haven't had to waste time repeating training during the 2 week qualifications that they didn't need. If they fail qual, then off to remedial training with them.
Boot camp and SOI will reduce the time of the pipeline once the big war hits just like WWII, Korea, and Vietnam did.14 weeks of SOI! No thx!!!!!
Most jar heads will be discharged cuz they didn’t get the jab,,,,,
lots of empty ranges
lots of empty ranges
For starters, the M16A2 has target sights and a LOP too long (for most) who wear armor.
The USMC was in charge of the M16A2 program and its requirements. A few of their changes were aimed at improving the rifle for a one-way 500 yard qualification range rather than actual combat.
They ditched the very simple and effective A1 sights in favor of adding a sight with elevation adjustment out to 800 meters that was better suited for paper targets than combat. It was no longer meant to be zeroed for a combat zero out to 250 meters. The small aperture is too small and the big one too big
They extended the length of pull to increase shooter scores in the prone(particularly for their 500 yard qualification) at the expense of all other shooting positions. Particularly at the expense of squared-off fighting stance style shooting positions that are used for a considerable amount of modern combat shooting. Nevermind how much it screwed over every person who is/was shorter than average. Hell, even average height people are disadvantaged with the A2 length vs the A1 length.
Then there were the issues of adding a god forsaken bump to the pistol grip for who knows what reason. They switched it to a three round burst that made every third semi auto shot have a slightly different trigger pull weight and feel. Oh, and adding weight to the end of the barrel instead of towards the chamber. You can thank them for the notorious “government” barrel profile.
About the only good things to come out of the A2 were the brass deflector, 1-7 twist, handguard, and flash hider.
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On the requal range I'd cycle the cam to set up the light trigger pull for every shot (not the rapid fire strings of course).
The coaches didn't care, but the block NCOs were not fond of the idea.
