Marksmanship Unit Teaches Advanced Skills in Baghdad

DoD-AFPS ^ | Feb. 4, 2004 | Spc. Andrew Meissner

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""This is very fast-paced; it keeps soldiers interested," said Staff Sgt. Gary Harris, a military policeman with the 1st Platoon, 501st Military Police Company."

Yippeeeee! My old unit, and my exact Platoon! Only I was there 30 years ago! Fun to see it mentioned somewhere.

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BTW: I must say that when I was in the Military Police 30 years ago our firearms training was pretty shoddy. I never had the chance to fire a 1911 again after leaving MP school at Ft. Gordon, GA. And we only qualified once with M-16's during my tour in Germany. Not good. We had one Specialist 5th class who was a "lifer" who had never fired a M-16 before. He said he qualified in basic with the M-14 and carried a .45 pistol and M3 Greasegun in Vietnam. Even at that time when I was a "kid" it reminded my of the scene in the movie "Battleground" when they had to show the old timer how the M1 Garand worked. Thank god their seems to be more emphasis put on realistic firearms training in the "Army of One".

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I can't believe what the human body is capable of doing. That's truly amazing.