Today I finally get to fire my weapon. Well kind of. I woke up 30 minutes early again at 0345. went to wake up my workout buddies but this morning, everyone was too out of it to wake up so I got in 7 pushups, showered, then kicked the lights on to start everyone else’s day. Morning workout was CD1 and CD2- different exercises, then on the track. We did 2 minutes of max pushups for climbing drills. Had a great breakfast then on to the range.
The range was a cool setup. We were shooting at 175 yards. Each shooting block had a sensor at the end. This senses when the round is fired. The target has a sensor at it with 4 microphones. This allows the target to show where it was hit. Each shooting bay had an iPad linked to it. The iPad showed the target and where each shot hit. Each shooter had a clip with 5 rounds. To qualify and get 4 out of 5 in the center mass. 2 clips consecutive to qualify and get a go. The target told us how to adjust our sight based on the shot group. I didn’t get to shoot or zero my rifle yesterday, so I went first. First clip hit the target but was off as expected since it hadn’t been sighted in yet. I corrected the sight; next clip- 4 of 5 center mass with one barely off. Next clip- 5 of 5. sweet, the weapon shoots well and I was getting the hang of it. Then the DS “There you go country boy, didn’t even fire yesterday and you qualify in 15 shot- damn natural.” I was pretty proud until he said that was all I got to shoot. On to the next guy. Two whole freaking days and I only shot 15 rounds. GRRRRRR! About 70% of the guys didn’t get a go. That amazed me.
Also a truck from the PX came again. We were allowed 2 Powerades and a clifbar. Huge treat. I got a white cherry powerade and pumpkin spice clifbar. Yummy, yummy delish.
I’m out on CQ desk duty at the moment, but my shift is about to end, so bed soon.
Oh I got promoted from team leader (over about 8 guys) to squad leader (over about 16 guys) so that’s good and bad. Harsher punishment if my squad screws up and more responsibility. We shall see how it goes.
This week is flying. Saweet!!!!
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