We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/time_to_bring_t.html Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:24:13 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification It's been sitting in the hopper, waiting for a day when the Muse was AWOL. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/time_to_bring_t.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/time_to_bring_t.html Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:57:46 -0600 As I mentioned in the post, Josh - her major failure - that of properly clearing the weapon, is the fault of her trainer. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/time_to_bring_t.html#comment-81414 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/time_to_bring_t.html#comment-81414 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:19:12 -0600
The possibility of having a kid like that almost makes me want to reconsider my vow to never have any...
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I'm just a civy shooter, but I've never felt the need to remove my M4's handguards. And with the Surefire M73 rail I have on it that would take an allen wrench and some force (the two securing screws are naturally loctited down).]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/time_to_bring_t.html#comment-81364 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/time_to_bring_t.html#comment-81364 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:30:19 -0600 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/time_to_bring_t.html#comment-81357 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/time_to_bring_t.html#comment-81357 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:40:23 -0600 ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/time_to_bring_t.html#comment-81350 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/time_to_bring_t.html#comment-81350 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:54:12 -0600     After reassembly, she places her finger on the trigger, then lays the weapon down and walks in front of the muzzle.

   That, anyway, is what I saw.  Plus the failure to clear, of course.

    Respects,
]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/time_to_bring_t.html#comment-81348 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/time_to_bring_t.html#comment-81348 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:34:14 -0600 I see a young lady who already knows more about weapons than I probably ever will. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/time_to_bring_t.html#comment-81345 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/time_to_bring_t.html#comment-81345 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:08:17 -0600
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One little question: the video-handler stated she did perform a function check. I take it his definition is different from Alan's?

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Plus, she looks so happy.  Looks like it might have been more fun to be the daughter of an artillery man.  My Dad was Navy......I know how to polish things endlessly and what a holy stone is for.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/time_to_bring_t.html#comment-81331 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/time_to_bring_t.html#comment-81331 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:55:33 -0600
However, I will note that the last time I was on an EIB committee, we had a corporal from the National Guard show up to run through the requirements to try and earn the badge.  The dude ran through the same sort of evolutions shown above on an M60 machine gun in 57 seconds flat, and didn't leave out anything.  The evaluator said later that the kid was moving so fast that the only way he knew that he'd gotten every step was that all of the sounds came in the right order.

Some times the best training boils down to practice, practice, and yet more practice.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/time_to_bring_t.html#comment-81328 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/time_to_bring_t.html#comment-81328 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:40:08 -0600 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/time_to_bring_t.html#comment-81325 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/12/time_to_bring_t.html#comment-81325 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:30:30 -0600