When I deployed to Desert Shield there was a company of AF types on the same C-5. While we were waiting in a hanger a AF female walked over to where I and CSM were sitting and asked if we were in Special Forces? We answered yes and she then asked if we could give her a quick class on the M-16. CSM "Joe D" laughed and looked at me and said "time to teach class". I started teaching a class and before 10 minutes was over the entire company, to include the female Maj was sitting there in M-16 class. Class went on for over two hours.
Many sitting there stated they had never fired a weapon. Class went on another hour. Before I was through I told them not to worry as we Army ground combatants were more than a match for the Iraqis and we would not allow the enemy to penetrate two hundred miles into our rear area.
The weapons were Vietnam era weapons, some only had four digit serial numbers! I've seen better weapons in third world countries.
TS