Another Sunday, another book-in day, but this week is a little special.
It's the last week with any important events. This week...is Live Range week.
...but let's talk a little about last week.
...about the Individual Marksman Training...or the IMT as we call it.
IMT is harder than i thought. At the end of it, i was perspiring like hell and to make things worse, we're firing virtual targets at a wall in an air-conditioned environment. In live range, it's going to be in a grassy environment under the hot sun, and the range is really gonna be 100m away as compared to the simulated 100m when you're really looking at a wall not 5m away. The difference in this is you're gonna have difficulty seeing your laser sight at night.
My shoot had a good beginning and ending, with a really bad in-between. My zeroing was near perfect, as some of the others put it. All my shots are closely packed. I thought that i had the marksman in my bag already.
Then comes a myriad of problems.
When we got to prone position (For people who have no idea, it's lying flat on the ground with your elbow as support and you need to have your weapon off contact the ground), it's when things really started to diss me. My helmet got into a really awkward position and blocks my view; the scope is fogging up and i can't aim correctly; my arm got tired of supporting the body and gave way several times.
Seriously, a LOT of problems.
In the end, i got a passing grade, but not marksman grade. If it were live range, i'd need to return for another shooting. There are things that i can overcome, like the helmet and scope (It was not my personal weapon, to be fair). Regarding my arm...i'd really just have to suck thumb and hope that the grassy patches are more comfortable than the hard ground.
There are other things that concern me, like how we need to get our earplugs on during the real shoot. I'm afraid i might have problem listening and ended up letting one round go before the command is given. That's an immediate punishment and it won't look good on my record.
Regardless, i believe i am capable of getting a good score on my first shoot. My priority is no misfires, as compared to a low score. Re-shooting is always better than being punished, i guess.
Anyways, wish me luck and hope that i'll be back next friday.
P.S. 9 days of BMT left...i seriously cannot wait for this whole thing to be over. I'm quite sick of having to travel 1 hour every book-out to get home...eats up the time AND money.
It's the last week with any important events. This week...is Live Range week.
...but let's talk a little about last week.
...about the Individual Marksman Training...or the IMT as we call it.
IMT is harder than i thought. At the end of it, i was perspiring like hell and to make things worse, we're firing virtual targets at a wall in an air-conditioned environment. In live range, it's going to be in a grassy environment under the hot sun, and the range is really gonna be 100m away as compared to the simulated 100m when you're really looking at a wall not 5m away. The difference in this is you're gonna have difficulty seeing your laser sight at night.
My shoot had a good beginning and ending, with a really bad in-between. My zeroing was near perfect, as some of the others put it. All my shots are closely packed. I thought that i had the marksman in my bag already.
Then comes a myriad of problems.
When we got to prone position (For people who have no idea, it's lying flat on the ground with your elbow as support and you need to have your weapon off contact the ground), it's when things really started to diss me. My helmet got into a really awkward position and blocks my view; the scope is fogging up and i can't aim correctly; my arm got tired of supporting the body and gave way several times.
Seriously, a LOT of problems.
In the end, i got a passing grade, but not marksman grade. If it were live range, i'd need to return for another shooting. There are things that i can overcome, like the helmet and scope (It was not my personal weapon, to be fair). Regarding my arm...i'd really just have to suck thumb and hope that the grassy patches are more comfortable than the hard ground.
There are other things that concern me, like how we need to get our earplugs on during the real shoot. I'm afraid i might have problem listening and ended up letting one round go before the command is given. That's an immediate punishment and it won't look good on my record.
Regardless, i believe i am capable of getting a good score on my first shoot. My priority is no misfires, as compared to a low score. Re-shooting is always better than being punished, i guess.
Anyways, wish me luck and hope that i'll be back next friday.
P.S. 9 days of BMT left...i seriously cannot wait for this whole thing to be over. I'm quite sick of having to travel 1 hour every book-out to get home...eats up the time AND money.
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