Older Leather necks, help expose a fraud?

[Ranger353]

He's a liar on both counts.

Basic rifle qual was 200, 300, 500 yards (ETA: meters)

Pistol was the Beretta M9.

(At least from '88-94)

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True dat! 500M slow fire in the prone with iron sights, standard annual qualification. 700M was ONLY for competition, but that was done with iron sights. Done that and got the t-shirt.

Ooh Rah! USMC 1980-2003.

[SNAFU]

Then again Marines haven't always had the reputation for being the sharpest tacks in the drawer.

I r rock

Only time we shot at the 600yd line was when I shot for Western Division Matches.
4x Expert rifle,twice with M16A1,,,,3x expert pistol,,all with those rattle trap 1911A1s

[Teufelhund]

He's a liar on both counts.

Basic rifle qual was 200, 300, 500 yards (ETA: meters)

Pistol was the Beretta M9.

(At least from '88-94)

This is the right answer. Was still true from '96-'01.

The Marine Corps still used the M1911 (.45acp) for select units well into the '90s, but all I ever saw in my infantry battalion and MEU (SOC) unit were the shitty M9's (9mm). I think the Army used the 92F for a while though.

[Daniel_187]

Thanks guys, I have nothing but respect for people who serve or have served but when you lie about things like serving, I draw the line. Next time he brings up this shit I will throw out this tib bit. This guy is also a huge Lib, but owns a gun and always wants me to take him where I go shooting but I tell him I busy and to go and ask Joe Biden to go with him.

[Chaffee2]

He might just be getting old and senile. Before reading these postings and looking it up I would have swore we qualified out to 600 yds. For all these years whenever someone asked about Marine ranges I always told them we shot out to 600. The only non Marine range I ever remember qualifying on was one year we shot at Fort Carson. Maybe back in the day it was a 600 yard range and that is what stuck in my head.

[Danimal]

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[Daniel_187]

Things in his head are so skewed. He wanted my help on maybe getting a can, no big deal and show him the E-file for his rifle and I told him it was going to be the price of the can + 200 for the tax stamp and he said "it must have come down, I remember when it was $2,000" Plus blames everything on Republicans, and "Republicans are the reason for the mag limit and BG checks now". Sorry just kind of venting here, But when my Grandpa died I put together a shadow box with some of his metals in it. Some were missing and I found a website to replace them, but needed some paper work to prove his service(his Navy cross missing). Well I got it done and took a photo and I showed him and he asked where I got the metals and I told him, Next day he was all pissed off because they would not sell him a bronze star with out a service record DD214. I know that some metals are restricted now for the Stolen Act of Valor.

[dustdevil]

Daniel_187 I only see one problem. You. You are so intent are besmirching the character of someone that you dislike you want to play trivial pursuit. I worked with a person who swore they went to EOD school in Hawaii while he was in the Navy. I know that was a complete falsehood. I went to and graduated from NAVSCOLEOD and their is only one. It is run by the Navy and it is located at Eglin AFB in Florida there are no traveling schoolhouses. Does that mean he never served? I know for a fact that he had served and was honorably discharged. I have no idea why he was making this up. Did I dislike him for it? I did intensely dislike him for lying through his teeth. I never felt it was necessary to prove his falsehoods.

Did I never serve because I forgot what ranges I qualified at?
I don't remember how many 7.62mm rounds are in the ready ammo box on the M1A1 tank. Does that mean I never served?
I don't remember how many 120mm tank rounds were in the ready rack. Does that mean I never served.
I forgot what the major safety for F16 fighters. I believe it was asking if the APU had fired. I believe it was something to do about hydrozine. Does that mean I never served?
I cannot remember the physical differences between the Sidewinder missiles, models A through S. Does that mean I never served?
How much does the 120mm tank ammunition weigh? I forgot. Does that mean I never served?
I completely forgot the nuclear warhead that the Tomahawk missile was designed for. Does that mean I never served?
What were the differences between the FMU 54A, FMU 54B, and FMU 54A/B fuzes? Could not tell you now for any amount of money. I do remember it being extremely important in EOD school. Does that mean I never served?

I can tell you exactly how many friggin trucks there are on a military installation though. For some reason that useless tidbit has stuck in my head.

Their was a popular saying when I was in the Army "That and a $1.50 will buy you a cup of coffee." You want so badly to prove this guy wrong at what essentially is "Promotion Board Knowledge" that you are now making excuses. Please stop. You dishonor all veterans by playing silly little games. You will need more than trivia to really prove that he never served. You also need to realize not everyone got out proud and happy. People lost, discarded, and abandoned all traces of their military service.

A lot of conservative assholes will never serve, a lot of liberal assholes do serve.

[Joe_K]

I wonder how many Bronze Stars Were awarded between 92 and 93.

[Aloha_Shooter]

I wonder how many Bronze Stars Were awarded between 92 and 93.

In the aftermath of Desert Shield/Storm? Quite a few ...