Posted on 11/13/2006 3:23:12 PM PST by tje
Marine Corps Rules for Gun Fighting
The Marine Corps Birthday makes me nostalgic for the good ol’…well, maybe good is too strong a word. In fact, I can't say that I miss being on active duty; but I do miss being with my fellow Marines.
Thinking about my friends who are getting shot at by ungrateful Iraqis reminded me of this list, an old Corps favorite, on how to act in a gun fight:
1. Bring a gun. Preferably, bring at least two guns. Bring all of your friends who have guns.
2. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammo is cheap. Life is expensive.
3. Only hits count. The only thing worse than a miss is a slow miss.
4. If your shooting stance is good, you're probably not moving fast enough nor using cover correctly.
5. Move away from your attacker. Distance is your friend. (Lateral and diagonal movement are preferred.)
6. If you can choose what to bring to a gunfight, bring a long gun and a friend with a long gun.
7. In ten years nobody will remember the details of caliber, stance, or tactics. They will only remember who lived.
8. If you are not shooting, you should be communicating, reloading, and running.
9. Accuracy is relative: most combat shooting standards will be more dependent on "pucker factor" than the inherent accuracy of the gun.
10. Someday someone may kill you with your own gun, but they should have to beat you to death with it because it is empty.
11. Always cheat; always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.
12. Have a plan.
13. Have a back-up plan, because the first one won't work.
14. Use cover or concealment as much as possible.
15. Flank your adversary when possible. Protect yours.
16. Don't drop your guard.
17. Always tactical load and threat scan 360 degrees.
18. Watch their hands. Hands kill. In God we trust. Everyone else, keep your hands where I can see them.
19. Decide to be aggressive ENOUGH, quickly ENOUGH.
20. The faster you finish the fight, the less shot you will get.
21. Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet.
22. Be courteous to everyone, friendly to no one.
23. Your number one option for personal security is a lifelong commitment to avoidance, deterrence, and de-escalation.
24. Do not attend a gunfight with a handgun, the caliber of which does not start with a "4."
Navy Rules for Gun fighting:
1. Go to Sea
2. Send the Marines
3. Drink Coffee
Actually there is a step before #2 for the Navy it should read
1. Go to sea.
2 Watch Porn (very important step)
3. Send the Marines
4. Drink coffee
That's what I was expecting, and what I heard each time one of our platoon threw one before me. But somehow mine seemed quite far away. Perhaps I crouched low enough behind the wall to have both ears on the ground.
It was pretty "interesting" to be throwing a grenade with a sargeant right next to you, prepared to do whatever was necessary to save both of our lives in case I screwed up.
Prior to the exercise the training sargeant gave the whole platoon a pep talk and assured everyone that they would not be asked to do anything that they weren't comfortable with.
We actually had one soldier who had anxiety about being able to throw the grenade without freezing up. This soldier and another sargeant went off by themselves for about twenty minutes, and later the soldier completed the training.
Like with the live fire training, this was one of the days when the training staff went out of their way not to rattle anybody. Who wants to be around a nervous soldier throwing grenades?
The Marines have their "few good men".....NAVY CORPSMAN!
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An oldie but a goodie from 2006.
You didn’t really think that something about guns or Marines would not be a repeat post, did you?
November 13, 2006
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1738022/posts
November 14, 2006
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1738671/posts
February 7, 2003
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/838056/posts
01/23/2012
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2836614/posts?page=51
11/08/2002
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/785076/posts
11/10/2007
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/1924006/replies?c=3
Rule # 25: Get court martialed for doing your duty.
Rule #26: Courts Martial hurt less than getting shot.
I really don’t know what’s going on. This is something I posted 8 years ago. Someone’s been digging deep.
The last bit of fatherly advice I gave my boy before he went to Iraq was “pull the damned trigger.”
Rule 14 b.
Always remember the difference between cover and concealment.
If you can’t find cover, find concealment.
If you can’t find concealment, charge!
Maybe it’s a forewarning. Load the magazines and get the rifle out of the closet.
The mantra of platoon 1035, A Company 1st Battalion MCRD Parris Island under the command of Lieutenant Colonel George Ronald Christmas.
ONE SHOT ONE KILL!
FWIW - I am qualified to operate the Mk8 Rangekeeper as part of the Fire Control system that controls the Mk7 16"/50 caliber guns of the Iowa Class Battleships. I was at Damn Neck, VA when President Reagan decided to bring back the battleships. We broke the trainers out of storage and got smart fast. I wish I could have gotten to actually direct live fire. One of my Uncles (USNA '41) was in the forward turret of the USS Washington when it sank the Kirishima in WWII.
"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."
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(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
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I would think I would be overjoyed to be in the room with him. Pick up some pointers.
I would probably be even more overjoyed to have him around if hostiles were stopping over.
I went to a shoot house with my son and a few of his friends. All are former Tier 1 SF. Humbling experience for me and I am no slouch. The speed and coordination is breathtaking.
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