Air Force contract training rifles

[melensdad]

Originally Posted by ryanmercer

I really hate the banner in your signature... *sighs* makes me miss Firefly.

Well there is a special box set collectors edition, being released before Thanksgiving on Blu Ray disks so you'll be able to see Firefly in full High Definition soon!!! I already have my set on pre-order at Amazon.com, it discounted heavily for pre-orders.

[ryanmercer]

Originally Posted by melensdad

Well there is a special box set collectors edition, being released before Thanksgiving on Blu Ray disks so you'll be able to see Firefly in full High Definition soon!!! I already have my set on pre-order at Amazon.com, it discounted heavily for pre-orders.

Doesn't help me much... don't have a tv or dvd player capable of the experience.

[sjstill]

So, it seems Oly finally makes a reliable AR....

[munky_3434]

BA----ZING!!!!!!!

[jeremy]

More of my tax money spent on useless crap.

[munky_3434]

Originally Posted by jeremy

More of my tax money spent on useless crap.

i'd have to differ from ya on that.

they are intended as aides for (generally) 18 or 19 year old "kids" who are brave enough to fight for our country. with all the money the govenrment spends to train theese kids,and insure them. with upwards of $500,000 life insurance per soilder, where will more money be spent?

most kids have never touched a weapon before and theese "toys" are their first expirence. if theese brave young men and women are gonna put their asses on the line for you and i, then those things are worth every damn cent. i am more than happy to see my tax dollars better equip a troop

[Cwood]

Originally Posted by munky_3434

i'd have to differ from ya on that.

they are intended as aides for (generally) 18 or 19 year old "kids" who are brave enough to fight for our country. with all the money the govenrment spends to train theese kids,and insure them. with upwards of $500,000 life insurance per soilder, where will more money be spent?

most kids have never touched a weapon before and theese "toys" are their first expirence. if theese brave young men and women are gonna put their asses on the line for you and i, then those things are worth every damn cent. i am more than happy to see my tax dollars better equip a troop

How do you get better equip from a non firing weapon? I think they are a total watse of money when there is a real weapon sitting in the armory. That is the weapon they should learn on.

[bwframe]

Originally Posted by Cwood

How do you get better equip from a non firing weapon? I think they are a total watse of money when there is a real weapon sitting in the armory. That is the weapon they should learn on.

Anything less than this would be assuming the military doesn't know what they are doing when it comes to weapons training. Even though that's exactly what they have been doing for 200+ years.

[munky_3434]

you want to give a fresh out of high school, runny nosed youth a functional weapon. as the first 3 weeks or so of basic military training consists of shocking the kids it is'nt really a time for them to have a functional firearm. for several of the kids entering BMT they realize within about 1 day that they were'nt cut out for the military. from there i personally witnessed one guy offer everyone in out unit $100 bucks to "accidentally" slam his arm in a door. what do you think that kid would have did with a real gun?

the whole point of theese it to get them used to them. the responsibility of keeping tabs on it(think a high school running back made to hold a football after he fumbled in a big game)proper carrying, muzzel direction ect. just becuase they enter the armed services does'nt mean they came in with a wealth of knowledge about weapons. it's just the same as the "redguns" hell, most every federal law enforcement trainee(FBI, marshalls, ect) carry dummy guns during training

[munky_3434]

like i stated earlier, most of this is from the new"battlefield airman" crap they are pushing. basically they are finding out no one in the air force knows how to handle themselves with a boomstick, as most of us are office monkeys and mechanics.

air force never really had the "soilder first" mentality, and they are trying to get everyone on the same page. and just handing every new recruit a weapon would just demolish them in no time, as they are just cycled through almost monthly, and the air force is short on armorers to fix all the ones the trainees break. a broken m-16 tends to be a little costly, a thousand broken is a waste of money.