OBAMA for PRESIDENT and Triskaidekaphobia ( Archived) (913)

Squeeze off that Round and exhale!

That's what Sarge told me when he saw me turn Blue!

LOL........I have had raw recruits on the firing line for the first time.....doing exactly that. They were holding their breath so hard.....and trying to get a sight picture with the shakes, that
it had to be like a like a flickering black and white movie to them.
I wanted to shoot the target for them, just to get them out their misery.

Ever have a a weapon instructor say to you....after you have missed
the target about 10 times....."I don't care what you put a hole in,
but put a hole in something?":-)

My favorite was this. I was training a woman company of 200. They were going thru a fire and movement course at a test stage. I was the one testing them on claymore mines. They had to low crawl out to place the mine while their buddy covered for them. Then crawl back to the position....make the final connection...then fire this dummy claymore.

I am so glad it was a dummy. I would go out and inspect thier wiring of it.....about 1/2 the time the claymore was facing and firing to the fighting position. I would pick up and bring the claymore back .....show them the little words on it "This side to the enemy, front and back" and say........"Ladies, we are not the enemy today.":-)

Bad enough if the Enemy turns that thing around on you.