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It is obivious that todays U.S. Army Soldier are poorly trained!

Posted by Retired Boss on October 11, 2009, 1:44 pm

Don't feel so bad about TDCJ, seems the whole country is poorly trained! From a Associated Press news story. Weapons failed US troops during Afghan firefight "My weapon was overheating," McKaig said, according to Cubbison's report. "I had shot about 12 magazines by this point already and it had only been about a half hour or so into the fight. I couldn't charge my weapon and put another round in because it was too hot, so I got mad and threw my weapon down." He had fired 360 rounds in about 30 minutes? That is a sustained fire rate of 12 rounds a minute! I can not believe he acquired targets at one every 5 seconds for thirty minutes. It is obvious he was not aiming and was just wasting ammo. "AND HE THREW DOWN HIS WEAPON"? Now that was sure professional! We were taught early in our training to aim, guess he didn't hear that part. It is no wonder they got overrun. I never cared for the M16 or any of it children but I don't think the weapon failed. The soldier failed, and it has to be the lack of training. The Army needs to go back to one shot one kill training. I wonder how many rounds were fired in this fire fight and what was the kill to round average? I bet it was in the tens of thousands, or higher! If sergeant York had this average of rounds to kills, he would be an unknown dog face. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20091011/D9B8SUPO0.html




Responses: Re: It is obivious that todays U.S. Army Soldier are poorly trained! - CSM, USA (Ret) October 13, 2009, 4:49 pm Re: It is obivious that todays U.S. Army Soldier are poorly trained! - Galvatraz October 14, 2009, 10:29 pm Re: It is obivious that todays U.S. Army Soldier are poorly trained! - Galvatraz October 12, 2009, 11:55 pm Re: It is obivious that todays U.S. Army Soldier are poorly trained! - BoBoTheBeaten October 13, 2009, 5:44 pm Re: It is obivious that todays U.S. Army Soldier are poorly trained! - Galvatraz October 14, 2009, 10:26 pm Re: It is obivious that todays U.S. Army Soldier are poorly trained! - Retired Boss October 12, 2009, 10:53 pm Re: It is obivious that todays U.S. Army Soldier are poorly trained! - Pedro Panduko October 12, 2009, 6:39 pm Re: It is obivious that todays U.S. Army Soldier are poorly trained! - BoBoTheBeaten October 12, 2009, 6:26 pm Re: It is obivious that todays U.S. Army Soldier are poorly trained! - Vet & Proud of It October 12, 2009, 12:11 pm Re: It is obivious that todays U.S. Army Soldier are poorly trained! - Retired 2004 October 12, 2009, 9:59 am Re: It is obivious that todays U.S. Army Soldier are poorly trained! - spaceone October 12, 2009, 6:40 am Re: It is obivious that todays U.S. Army Soldier are poorly trained! - Animal_Tamer October 12, 2009, 3:36 am Re: It is obivious that todays U.S. Army Soldier are poorly trained! - 1SG, USA (RET) October 12, 2009, 12:03 am Re: It is obivious that todays U.S. Army Soldier are poorly trained! - Granny October 11, 2009, 8:52 pm Re: It is obivious that todays U.S. Army Soldier are poorly trained! - Pedro Panduko October 14, 2009, 8:39 pm Re: It is obivious that todays U.S. Army Soldier are poorly trained! - Oldtoot October 15, 2009, 12:09 am « Back to thread

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