tenbase
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Everyone qualifies with the M16 these days. I've been out for 5 years so things may have changed, but we had to requalify annually. I think there are three "tiers" of weapons qualification standards (something like security police in tier 1 who qualify every few months, ops group people in tier 2 who qualify annually, and miscellaneous chair force office weenies in tier 3 who qualify every 2 or 3 years), but I am pretty vague on that so perhaps there are some Combat Arms people on the forum who can clarify.
I had to recertify once a month for my "real" job, which was F-16C/D weapons loader. GBU-28 make big bada boom
The AF has gone through a lot of changes (and come full-circle on many of them) since the early 1990s. Everything from what seemed like annual uniform changes, to top-down restructuring of entire commands. And all of that while being constantly underfunded and undermanned, with units (mostly mine it seemed) being sent on wall-to-wall endless rotations to the desert for OSW/ONW. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
Anyway, glad to see more real combat skills being taught in BMT. I remember when the kids started coming through in '99 talking about their experiences during "warrior week", and the rest of us were like "Huh?". Kinda sorry I missed out. They've been talking about adding two more weeks to Basic for as long as I can remember.
I had to recertify once a month for my "real" job, which was F-16C/D weapons loader. GBU-28 make big bada boom
The AF has gone through a lot of changes (and come full-circle on many of them) since the early 1990s. Everything from what seemed like annual uniform changes, to top-down restructuring of entire commands. And all of that while being constantly underfunded and undermanned, with units (mostly mine it seemed) being sent on wall-to-wall endless rotations to the desert for OSW/ONW. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
Anyway, glad to see more real combat skills being taught in BMT. I remember when the kids started coming through in '99 talking about their experiences during "warrior week", and the rest of us were like "Huh?". Kinda sorry I missed out. They've been talking about adding two more weeks to Basic for as long as I can remember.