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Originally Posted by Warrior-Mentor
preparing to fire their M16-A2 assault rifles for the first time under the gaze of bellowing drill sergeants.
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"Bellowing" drill sergeants is the reason. 99 percent of them are morons who would urinate or soil their trousers if they were ever forced to prove their marksmanship ability in front of those recurits.
Threatening recruits on a rifle range is moronic beyond description. Treating recruits as morons who can't be soldiers until they prove themselves by doing stupid things that require no thought or common sense is worse.
You want a professional force? Breed a professional force through leadership and action based on intelligence as opposed to ego building intimidation.
This goes for SFAS as well as Basic IMHO.
Gene