sgtdub

30 March 2007. Today we had a group of us go to the range and did some familiarization training on different weapons. Now, this has practical purposes and can be classified as training, but it was also fun.

I shot my M4

I shot an M4 that was fully automatic.

I shot a Heckler and Koch MP5.

I shot a Russian PKM machine gun.

I shot the American M249 machine gun.

And a few other weapons they had out there.

We managed to have a safe day, and a fun day. I will see about getting actual pictures some time in the future. Of course, besides the M4s, my favorite was the MP5. It is a sub-machine gun in 9mm, used by special forces, tactical police teams, security details with various government officials. I have shot one of these before back in OKC at the Police range. Mrs. Dub was there that day. She noticed my drooling and made the statement, "I suppose you want one of those now?" I told her I had always wanted one of those, at least for the last 6 years when I was able to see them up close at Ft. McClellan, Alabama when I went through Military Police training. It is an elegant piece. Mrs. Dub actually asked me how much they cost. This really threw me off track, but I told her around $3000. This of course, ended the conversation at that moment with her saying, " keep wishing then".

Now for everyone else, here's another picture for you. My shoes.

We returned to base after the training and I was able to check on my female interpreters to see how yesterday's mission went. They said they had a lot of people staring at them, but nobody said a word to them about how they were dressed. They were dressed in their more traditional clothing today. It decided to rain this afternoon, so I'm listening to it on my semi-tin roof, nice.

Be safe and have a great day.