115th MPAD group photo (minus the commander and the first sergeant) taken in Salem on Sunday, Nov. 15.
Sgt. Rutherford running through the high desert during our first attempt at a group photo. The camera on a tripod in the background is on a timer.
Sgt. Rutherford and Spc. Bacon haul our weapons from the building to a truck as we make our way toward a firing range outside of Redmond.
Just another creepy moment with the 115th MPAD.
Firing weapons indoors on the FATS (firearms training system) in Prineville. This was really fun. You shoot the little targets as they pop up on the screen and afterwards a display shows you where each shot hit.
Sgt. Rutherford and Spc. Bacon haul our weapons from the building to a truck as we make our way toward a firing range outside of Redmond.
Just another creepy moment with the 115th MPAD.
Firing weapons indoors on the FATS (firearms training system) in Prineville. This was really fun. You shoot the little targets as they pop up on the screen and afterwards a display shows you where each shot hit.
We had one of the best drills this weekend in central Oregon. On Friday, we drove vans over the pass into central Oregon and bunked at an armory that was designed as a prison. Some people slept in little rooms designed for solitary confinement. The smokers relaxed in the recreation yard beneath a watchtower and Rutherford whittled his toothbrush into a shiv in the shower.
Saturday morning, we got to play an elaborate video game simulating live fire with M16's and M203 grenade launchers. Then we spent the afternoon firing the real thing at a nearby range. The simulator did little for me since I barely qualified. I'm going to blame that on the fact that I fired nine rounds and guesstimated my zero before qualifying.
Saturday evening we went to a MOUT site in the scrub (Military Operation in Urban Terrain) and played the opposition force for a company of engineers with paintball gear. I dressed in old fatigues and hid in windows peppering the oncoming troops with paintballs as we tried to hold a small plywood village during intense onslaughts. I still have the welts to prove it.
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fun times were had by most at that drill. i guess if you get out we'll just have to plan weekends for shooting rifles, playing paintball and staying in a prison/armory just for fun. it would probably be more fun for us since we wouldn't have to babysit fellow adults or do paperwork.
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