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To: usmcobra

Shooting at a controlled firearms range does not equate to a warrior. My wife can hit a 1,000 target but she’s no warrior. The Marines have become every bit as PC as any other branch of service.


9 posted on 09/07/2009 12:12:56 PM PDT by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: CodeToad

Does your wife use a scope at 1000 yards?

We were talking about what makes someone a rifleman not a warrior.

By any definition the ability to hit a man sized target at that range with a kill shot is the mark of a rifleman, but there is more to it than that, all Marines are trained in combat techniques such as throwing a grenade, hand to hand combat and bayonet practise. If the ability to kill using different methods is the mark of a warrior, All Marines receive the same training, and in this PC world of ours that training has if anything become more realistic than when I went through boot camp.


10 posted on 09/07/2009 12:37:30 PM PDT by usmcobra (Your chances of dying in bed are reduced by getting out of it, but most people still die in bed)
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