This week was definitely highlighted by the training that we did with sim rounds. The M4 was used to fire these rounds, but the upper receiver (the part with the barrel) was removed and replaced with a special upper for sim rounds. The sim rounds are basically bullets with a little paint tip on the end, but (of course) they don't go as fast...or else they would kill you. But they still hurt when they hit you and they usually broke the skin, as shown in the picture of my hand. The picture of the ammo shows a blank round and a fired sim round (no paint tip). The training was conducted at the world famous (apparently) McKenna Range at Ft. Benning. The range consisted of maybe 15 buildings, mostly without windows, used to conduct operations training. I'm just going to say, the training was sweet. The basic building clearing drill consisted of a squad of nine versus four enemies holed up in a building. The goal was to kill the enemies without being killed. It was fun to be the good guys, but it was also fun the be the enemies. The squad element had to use Army tactics, but the enemies could do whatever they wanted. It was like a big game of very painful paintball. Attached are some pictures.
I also participated in a volleyball-tournament/barbecue/swimming-session/rockband-playing-party today. That was fun. My team came in 2nd. I got a pretty nice sunburn. I also sang the songs "Say it aint so" and "Dani California" on rock band. If you get the chance, play that game. It is awesome. You can have the lead guitar, bass, drums and vocals all at once. No pics from today, sorry. But I can tell you it was a good time.
2 comments:
Man sounds and looks like a sweet time. Crazy wound on your thumb. Pretty jealous of that training stuff. I've really wanted to try Rock Band but just don't know anyone with it or want to go out and buy it. Take it easy man. Thanks for the up-dates.
Last week I too sang Dani California on Rock Band. I liked drumming the best. Sweet.
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