***The next step is requiring 40 hours of training prior to license approval.***
Bunkum. The USAF only required us to have half a day’s training to be arms qualified. Good enough for them, good enough for me.
I guess I was lucky. I signed up for the Honor Guard at Keesler in 1974. I had to requalify to carry a pistol and an M-16 for the guard so they cut a temporary TDY over to Gulfport where the Marines taught the SeeBees weapons handling and marksmanship. After four days personal instruction with a Senior Chief Marine, I was comfortable with the M-16 and M1911 .45 Pistol. It was some of the best weapons instructions I have ever had.