[calex59]

I'll never forget going to the range at Fort Ord(yep, a long time ago) the day we were going to qualify during Basic Training. It was completely fogged in but they had us shoot anyway and I was in the first order. The targets were silhouettes(something new for the army at that time)and the only ones you could actually see were the 50 yard targets. Needless to say the whole order failed and had to shoot again. By the time the second order(and subsequent orders)had fired the fog had lifted.

It was very irritating to have to shoot again:)

[calex59]

Addition to post #18: What I didn’t realize at the time, but learned soon enough, is that battles are fought, fog or no fog and it was good training for us. No excuse, Sir was what we had to say when we failed the course.

[Grimmy]

When I was at Swamp Lagoon (Camp Lejeune, NC), my unit had to qual on the rifle range one day while the leading edge of a hurricane was just making landfall.

strong gusty winds and heavy driving rain. We could see the targets, mostly, but the wind and rain were knocking the stickers off the old bullet holes on the targets so the butt pullers had to guess where the bullets were hitting.

That was the only time I didn’t score expert on the rifle range. I got sharpshooter but no real clue if I ever even actually hit the target.

[JDoutrider]

Another Ft. Ord basic alumni here... A-3-3...