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"If we'd have had ammunition, we could have cleared that building"
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<blockquote data-quote="SoonerP226" data-source="post: 2295212" data-attributes="member: 26737"><p>I have a late friend who could top that. When he was in the Navy (in basic, I think), they took a bunch of them out to a field to qualify on the M1 Garand, the 1911, and the Tommygun. He got to fire the Garand, but before he got to the others, it started raining, and they had to un-ass the AO, lest the Navy buses get stuck in the mud. When he got his qualification papers, lo and behold, the Navy certified him as qualified on all three. </p><p></p><p>Fast forward a few years, and he was temporarily stationed at a Navy base on the west coast (I think he said it was Treasure Island, but I could be mistaken). Everybody pulled guard duty, and the picket he pulled was high-security (as in, if you didn't show up at the next post when you were supposed to, they came looking for you in jeeps with guns dawn). He said he showed up at the armory to draw his weapons, and what did they give him but a 1911 and a Thompson. </p><p></p><p>As I recall the story, he tried to tell the Chief that he didn't know how to use them, but the Chief said the Navy said he was qualified, and he ended up walking his picket with two firearms that he had no clue how to operate. He said was very glad that the Soviets didn't choose that night to invade, 'cause he'd have been in deep doo. </p><p></p><p>When he got back to the armory, he had to have the Chief give him a crash course, because he didn't even know how to clear the two firearms...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SoonerP226, post: 2295212, member: 26737"] I have a late friend who could top that. When he was in the Navy (in basic, I think), they took a bunch of them out to a field to qualify on the M1 Garand, the 1911, and the Tommygun. He got to fire the Garand, but before he got to the others, it started raining, and they had to un-ass the AO, lest the Navy buses get stuck in the mud. When he got his qualification papers, lo and behold, the Navy certified him as qualified on all three. Fast forward a few years, and he was temporarily stationed at a Navy base on the west coast (I think he said it was Treasure Island, but I could be mistaken). Everybody pulled guard duty, and the picket he pulled was high-security (as in, if you didn't show up at the next post when you were supposed to, they came looking for you in jeeps with guns dawn). He said he showed up at the armory to draw his weapons, and what did they give him but a 1911 and a Thompson. As I recall the story, he tried to tell the Chief that he didn't know how to use them, but the Chief said the Navy said he was qualified, and he ended up walking his picket with two firearms that he had no clue how to operate. He said was very glad that the Soviets didn't choose that night to invade, 'cause he'd have been in deep doo. When he got back to the armory, he had to have the Chief give him a crash course, because he didn't even know how to clear the two firearms... [/QUOTE]
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