Up at 0320 on Saturday, off to the range around 0400. Not much to say other than it was damn cold. I probably only spent a total of 20 minutes shooting. The rest of the time was spent waiting around. It's about as boring as it sounds. Shooting the M9 in the dark seemed kind of pointless since you can't see your sights to aim. We also did something called table 3 where we rant to 4 different spots shooting at 4 different targets. That was to show how awkward is is to waddle around in battle armor including what it feels like to dive to the ground and have to get back up. Shooting from the prone position is somewhat difficult with the IBA on because it bumps against your ACH. Some peoples camelbak tube actually froze. At least they let us wait in the bus a couple of times to warm up. Since it was an M9 day, the people without M9's had to load rounds into clips and staple targets. At least they didn't have to wear their body armor. We finally returned to the barracks and were released on liberty around 12:15.
Returned from liberty at 1400 on sunday so I could do the 20 minute computer exercise. What a waste of liberty to come back early for such a lame reason. Sunday afternoon was spent lounging around and washing.
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