| Spoken by a soldier in the navy: "I know in | | | | |
| the Marine Corps, all Marines both Active and | | | | "Here are just some of the units that need |
| Reserve must qualify for small arms. How | | | | pistol and rifles in the Navy Reserve: ESD |
| about the Navy Reserve? If it is not required | | | | units, NCW units, IBU types, NMCB types, CBMU |
| can any Navy Reservist get it if you're | | | | attachments, CR attachments, EOD units, CHB |
| rating or job doesn't require it? Not | | | | units, Naval Customs Battalions (ALL of |
| required, in general, for the Navy Reserve." | | | | them)." |
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| "It may be required in some units. If your | | | | "YES, even shipboard types are getting more |
| job does not require it, yes, you can still | | | | training time to carry arms more often: SEAL |
| qualify. The trick to this is to get the | | | | TEAM Reserve types, FMF Sailors, MA types, IA |
| opportunity to go to the range. Usually what | | | | Sailors, VP Pilots and AC, VFA Pilots and |
| I have seen in the past is that a large group | | | | flight, HSL Pilots and crew, and HCS Pilots |
| from a particular command can swing a trip | | | | and crew. Yep, those w/ NCWG-1 Fwd all |
| the range just to get the quails. More or | | | | quail's on the M-16, M-9 and shotgun, and for |
| less, just a moral sort of thing when you get | | | | those requiring it, the M-2, M-60 and M-240. |
| the extra ribbon." | | | | The Coasties had to fire both the Navy course |
| | | | and the CG pistol and rifle courses. (Darned |
| "YES, it is required for many units in the | | | | if I can recall the differences offhand, but |
| Reserves. Join an NECC type unit or Law | | | | for me the Navy course of fire was much |
| Enforcement, and you're sure to get rifle and | | | | easier.)" |
| gun quails once or twice a year. The units | | | | |
| you describe do not constitute the majority | | | | "It's obvious you still have memories of when |
| or even close to "many" of the types of units | | | | you were in. In almost every post, you talk |
| in the Reserves. No wonder you are having so | | | | about the way things were. It's a slow |
| much trouble finishing college. Reservists | | | | process but agree with the SKC about how |
| are now being pistol qualified in boot. Intel | | | | things are changing and training has becoming |
| units require qualifications as well. That | | | | more often. My HQ in JAX is getting an indoor |
| wasn't called for. Also, I can tell you that | | | | range to fire the Beamhit. Some Sailors might |
| all shipboard personnel are getting quelled | | | | still get stuck in units that are not as |
| on small arms, unlike in the past where many | | | | pro-active due to leadership, that's not my |
| didn't." | | | | beef, I can't do anything there; unless I was |
| | | | part of that unit, I could try and do |
| "Most of the units, not many types of units | | | | something and go up the CoC. But it's not |
| but most of them now you have to qualify to | | | | rare to see units heading to a weapons field |
| shoot a gun. There are literally hundreds of | | | | now these days." |
| units that are required to qualify annually, | | | | |
| if not more often, on at least one type of | | | | "We just hit the rifle and pistol ranges for |
| weapon. I would call that many. I also read | | | | the second time this year. We were not the |
| the previous post and there was nothing about | | | | only unit there as well. Couple of Drill |
| not being able to finish college, maybe you | | | | weekends ago, our nosc set up a Beamhit and |
| should read it again before getting | | | | had Sailors train, one by one since ammo for |
| personal." | | | | 1000 something personnel isn't cheap. As many |
| | | | as 10,000 est. Sailors are now on duty as we |
| "The easiest way to get quelled is to hook up | | | | speak on deck or already on mission. About |
| with the local Seabee Det. Whenever I set the | | | | 60% of those are USN (RC) Sailors. That's |
| range time I always order plenty of ammo and | | | | roughly 6,000 Sailors that had weapons, |
| invite other units from the NOSC. Obviously | | | | tactics and quails either in Fort Riley, Camp |
| not all at the same time. It works well for | | | | Shelby, and Fort Jackson. So now I am making |
| the sailors that normally wouldn't get the | | | | a case that's a pretty good sum of U.S |
| opportunity." | | | | Sailors getting quails. |