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Posted by SkyHawk
- January 07, 2011, 05:04:50 PMGood Luck, Stay Safe and Thanks for you Service 
Posted by Earl
- January 07, 2011, 04:56:22 PMWell, what can I say beyond good-luck and God Bless your best? For sure you can shoot. 
For sure you can shoot. Posted by Johnnyappleseed
- January 07, 2011, 04:40:24 PMWest ,
Thank You for your service Sir.
Semper Fidelis ,
JA
Thank You for your service Sir.
Semper Fidelis ,
JA
Posted by jmdavis
- January 07, 2011, 04:24:24 PMWest,
I want you on my team! I was kind of hoping that you might head down to the Ramseur RBC in Feb. No one is signed up yet. But it should be a good time. There is a Field Shoot the weekend before (Iceman).
Good luck and let us know where we can contact you or if you need anything.
Mike
I want you on my team! I was kind of hoping that you might head down to the Ramseur RBC in Feb. No one is signed up yet. But it should be a good time. There is a Field Shoot the weekend before (Iceman).
Good luck and let us know where we can contact you or if you need anything.
Mike
Posted by MacMcM
- January 07, 2011, 04:07:05 PMTSK TSK TSK... that nasty NPOA thing nailed ya on the 300M target!!!
Great shootin' and keep us updated on your travels my friend!
Get me your email addy... I know a little waitress who would write to you
Mac
Great shootin' and keep us updated on your travels my friend!
Get me your email addy... I know a little waitress who would write to you
Mac
Posted by AZOpie
- January 07, 2011, 04:05:41 PMGood luck on the deployment, and THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE! 
Nice shooting on your quals - and there's still room for improvment. 
AZO
Nice shooting on your quals
- and there's still room for improvment. AZO
Posted by West
- January 07, 2011, 03:58:54 PMI just wanted to update everyone and let them know that I am going to be deploying to Afghanistan in mid March. I will be gone until early June.
I know I have been (sort of) absent - I've been putting off shoot bossing because I knew this was coming about a month ago. I have also been having some family issues that have kept me down, and my finances have not been great.
But things are getting much better. This deployment is going to help in a great many ways - I am going to get some very good skill training, and be able to right a capsized financial sail boat. I am a little bummed that I am going to miss April 19th, a couple of RBCs, and tryouts for All Guard as well as an inter-service match and All States and All Army - but there is always next year!
I am also proud to tell you all that I received my Distinguished Pistol Shot Gold Badge from the USAF #392. I received my Silver Rifle, and I am hoping that after the last match I participated I will receive my Gold Rifleman Badge. I also had to qualify on the M16/M9 on Wednesday, and that was an experience that I wanted to tell you all about.
At about 730 am I was notified that I had to go to refresher training for the M16 Rifle and M9 pistol. I am lucky enough to have Marksmanship weapons assigned to me and I grabbed those and headed to class. Having participated in the Marksmanship Program and Appleseed for (4 and 1 years) a while now, I have quite a great deal of hands on time shooting at 25m and Known Distance.
I was appalled by the level of skill that the guys I was in the class with had. They were combat arms and military police, and some of them did not know how to break down or function their weapon, and they had no idea how to adjust their sights properly and were simply guessing at it. In fact, the head instructor failed to take the screw covers off the adjustment knobs for the scopes, and was simply turning these caps to make adjustments... until I *had* to point out what he was doing. Unfortunately, the shooter never got a good zero for his weapon.
I am not telling you this for any other reason than that if you know anyone that is in the military, do EVERYTHING YOU CAN to encourage them to get to an appleseed, not once, but at LEAST twice. It helped me so much that I was literally able to make a 100% sight correction after my first 3-round shot group.
Now, you guys getting after me about the AFQT... you're right, I should have done better. Each target has to be engaged with 1 round each five separate times with 3 mag changes per stage - prone supported, prone unsupported, kneeling/sitting, standing, and another prone unsupported. There is no time limit, so I could have taken a lot more time, but the point was to hit the silhouette anywhere, and that top right guy... I just overcompensated my NPOA shift and tried to muscle it back. Not a good training tool, but I shot 49/50 rifle and 45/45 pistol, so I qualified expert both (
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I should have internet access in Afghanistan. I will try to keep in touch. I might even ask some of the Indiana guys to email me some Appleseed stuff so I can plaster it all over the base, and maybe even host an April 19th event!
In any case I want to thank you all for your support, and to get after those troops. Effective marksmanship is one of the most lacking skills that the military has today, and I think that Appleseed is helping make it better!
See you on the trail,
West
I know I have been (sort of) absent - I've been putting off shoot bossing because I knew this was coming about a month ago. I have also been having some family issues that have kept me down, and my finances have not been great.
But things are getting much better. This deployment is going to help in a great many ways - I am going to get some very good skill training, and be able to right a capsized financial sail boat. I am a little bummed that I am going to miss April 19th, a couple of RBCs, and tryouts for All Guard as well as an inter-service match and All States and All Army - but there is always next year!
I am also proud to tell you all that I received my Distinguished Pistol Shot Gold Badge from the USAF #392. I received my Silver Rifle, and I am hoping that after the last match I participated I will receive my Gold Rifleman Badge. I also had to qualify on the M16/M9 on Wednesday, and that was an experience that I wanted to tell you all about.
At about 730 am I was notified that I had to go to refresher training for the M16 Rifle and M9 pistol. I am lucky enough to have Marksmanship weapons assigned to me and I grabbed those and headed to class. Having participated in the Marksmanship Program and Appleseed for (4 and 1 years) a while now, I have quite a great deal of hands on time shooting at 25m and Known Distance.
I was appalled by the level of skill that the guys I was in the class with had. They were combat arms and military police, and some of them did not know how to break down or function their weapon, and they had no idea how to adjust their sights properly and were simply guessing at it. In fact, the head instructor failed to take the screw covers off the adjustment knobs for the scopes, and was simply turning these caps to make adjustments... until I *had* to point out what he was doing. Unfortunately, the shooter never got a good zero for his weapon.
I am not telling you this for any other reason than that if you know anyone that is in the military, do EVERYTHING YOU CAN to encourage them to get to an appleseed, not once, but at LEAST twice. It helped me so much that I was literally able to make a 100% sight correction after my first 3-round shot group.
Now, you guys getting after me about the AFQT... you're right, I should have done better. Each target has to be engaged with 1 round each five separate times with 3 mag changes per stage - prone supported, prone unsupported, kneeling/sitting, standing, and another prone unsupported. There is no time limit, so I could have taken a lot more time, but the point was to hit the silhouette anywhere, and that top right guy... I just overcompensated my NPOA shift and tried to muscle it back. Not a good training tool, but I shot 49/50 rifle and 45/45 pistol, so I qualified expert both (
)I should have internet access in Afghanistan. I will try to keep in touch. I might even ask some of the Indiana guys to email me some Appleseed stuff so I can plaster it all over the base, and maybe even host an April 19th event!
In any case I want to thank you all for your support, and to get after those troops. Effective marksmanship is one of the most lacking skills that the military has today, and I think that Appleseed is helping make it better!
See you on the trail,
West