It's been a long day...

Today was our longest day so far. We started around 630am, and just finished up around 1030pm. We were at the shooting range the whole time. I'm pretty beat. We shot the M16 and the M9 (Beretta 9mm). I've shot both before, but its been awhile for the m16 (4 years) and I've never shot pop-up targets with the M9. So I was a little nervous about passing. I passed both first time up. I cut it close with the M16 though. It kind of funny though because we also shot both weapons at night and in pitch black darkness. I got perfect scores on both weapons. Normally it would be the other way around, but hey, I'll take it any way I can get it. Below is a picture of my first target. This is what they use to "zero in". It's for the M16. The purpose of zeroing in is to adjust the front and rear sights of the weapon to ensure your shots are on target. The target is on a regular 11 x 7 paper and is placed about 25 meters away. The distance and the size of the target shows where you would hit if that were a full size target 300 meters away.



The big news is that I finally got my uniforms in today. Tomorrow I will inventory the bag and try everything on. Hopefully all of that goes well. If you're lost click Really... to learn about my uniform issue.

Wheres Woody?

Can you find me? No? Look a little closer.... Closer.... Yup you found me... The one sticking out like a sore thumb. (I tried to think of a better "sticking out like a" but nothing came to mind. Feel free to leave a comment of a better one if you know it) Now I know how this guy felt:

Today was miserable. It was in the 40's and pouring rain. Which from what I hear is the norm around here. Luckily we were inside all day. It started off with a familiarization of the M16 rifle and ended with us firing on an indoor course. It was very high-tech. It was all computer and lasers. I've been on simulators before, and this has been the closest to the real thing I've seen. The rifle recoils and everything. They make the targets smaller to simulate how big they would appear from a longer distance. The people who normally operate the program were off for Easter so the instructors today had some problems fixing the glitches and bugs we were encountering, but it still was beneficial. Here is another pic:

That's all for today. Hope everyone had a good Easter!