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