went shooting today with a bunch of.... uh. i dunno what you call them. mercenaries? hired guns? they all sound less than flattering. anyways, a group of former military men who work for a contracting firm. it was kind of nice to just try and kill paper targets. i got a new flip up rear sight for my weapon awhile ago and needed to re-confirm my zero with it. almost dead on. and today was a super windy day, so it made for rough shooting. just gives you a little more confidence in yourself and your equipment. it was also nice because we took a youngster with us, and he did all the right things that he's been trained to do over the last year without being told. it's muscle memory to him now. which means we're doing our job right as nco's, teaching and training him.
it was great to watch the other guys work though. they were doing alot of team drills. we're just months away from going home, but it's NEVER too late to learn new ways of doing things. these guys have been in country for a long time now, so they must be doing something right. we watched them, had some good discussions with them about why they're doing what they're doing and will probably adopt some of their actions. just a good day all around. i like going into "sponge mode" and soaking up as much as i can. personally i view the army as a buffet line. it's full of ideas. i take the ones i like and make them mine and leave the ones i don't.
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