>>63928919
>be me
>usn 1996-2005
>issued m14, m4, m16a3, m79, m203, m60, m9, m11, m500 at various times
>shot all of the above plus m2 and mk38 on deployment
>maintained quals for most of the above plus 38 revolver, m1911, and m240 on shore duty
>spent one week each summer on shore duty, 40-50 hour week, just shooting off ncea from other commands so they wouldn't get burned by the end of the fiscal year
>literally wrecked m16a3's with automatic fire trying to get through all that 5.56mm, as in they were dx'd and sent back to crane as junkers
>not even going to get started on the trainers and force v force with sims
>sometimes checked out weapons on weekends (with permission) and transported them to our range in my pov because i was into shooting long distance with irons and our decommissioned rifle range went out to 500 yards
>actually took a few years off from shooting recreationally after i got out because i was so fucking sick of it

Sounds like you signed up for the wrong job at the wrong time, anon. Early GWOT was the goddamned wild west.

>picrel range in question, has been the subject of greentexts here in the past