I feel its time for another little story of my days as a Combat Arms instructor.
This story takes place down in San Antonio TX, at Lackland AFB. It was a hot day teaching BMT (Basic Military Training students) we were done with teaching class for the M16A2 rifle and were beginning the start of zero fire on the range. After our first relay of zero was over (zero fire is shooting a specific target in a supported position to move the sights of the rifle to your specific eye sight to hit the target) and my 7 shooters and myself were heading down to the targets when I noticed something that surprised me and made me a little bit sad for the future of our people. One of my shooters skipped all the way down to his target, he skipped a full 25 meters. If it was a girl I might not have thought much of it other then "This is a girl that has had a rough few weeks and she is letting off a little joy. That is not what happened, it was a male that was doing the skipping *Face palm*. Once I got down there to the targets with him and the rest of the shooters I asked him...............
Me: Why did you just skip all the way down to the targets?
Trainee: I wanted to get down here fast so I could see how I did.
Me: You do know most people would have found running to be a bit faster.
Trainee: (has a thoughtful look on his face for a few seconds) starts to snicker, well I would more call it a giggle and then said "Yes sir I will remember that"
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK!!!!!!!
Seriously a kid that thought it would be faster to skip all the way down to his target in front of multiple instructors and his fellow BMT mates and didn't even look the slightest embarrassed. What is the new generation of kids being taught these days?
I died a little bit inside that day
I hope if anyone is taking the time to read these they are enjoying them, if so I will find some time to post more, being a CATM instructor I see a lot of things funny and sad.
This story takes place down in San Antonio TX, at Lackland AFB. It was a hot day teaching BMT (Basic Military Training students) we were done with teaching class for the M16A2 rifle and were beginning the start of zero fire on the range. After our first relay of zero was over (zero fire is shooting a specific target in a supported position to move the sights of the rifle to your specific eye sight to hit the target) and my 7 shooters and myself were heading down to the targets when I noticed something that surprised me and made me a little bit sad for the future of our people. One of my shooters skipped all the way down to his target, he skipped a full 25 meters. If it was a girl I might not have thought much of it other then "This is a girl that has had a rough few weeks and she is letting off a little joy. That is not what happened, it was a male that was doing the skipping *Face palm*. Once I got down there to the targets with him and the rest of the shooters I asked him...............
Me: Why did you just skip all the way down to the targets?
Trainee: I wanted to get down here fast so I could see how I did.
Me: You do know most people would have found running to be a bit faster.
Trainee: (has a thoughtful look on his face for a few seconds) starts to snicker, well I would more call it a giggle and then said "Yes sir I will remember that"
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK!!!!!!!
Seriously a kid that thought it would be faster to skip all the way down to his target in front of multiple instructors and his fellow BMT mates and didn't even look the slightest embarrassed. What is the new generation of kids being taught these days?
I died a little bit inside that day
I hope if anyone is taking the time to read these they are enjoying them, if so I will find some time to post more, being a CATM instructor I see a lot of things funny and sad.