Non- Combat Veterans.

hemi71x said

My Air Force years were from 1973 to 1980.
In my 7 years, i only fired the M-16 two times in all those years.
One hundred rounds at the rifle range during basic training, at Lackland Air Force Base, in San Antonio, Texas, and one other time at a German rifle range, while stationed at Zweibrucken Air Base, in Germany.
Was supposed to qualify once a year in Germany, but they "pencil whipped" the other one, as i was on leave at the time the rifle range was contracted to be used.
So firing a weapon twice in 7 years, a Marine, or a Army guy, would probably consider an Air Force guy like me a woosie. lol
But to the op of this topic, it doesn't matter if you held an office job while in the service, worked on the flight line, like me, or dodged all the bullets in Viet Nam, your still a veteran. :usflag:

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I was at Lackland in '72. I had been shooting guns since a was a little kid. The M16 was super fun. I had super vision (13/20 vision) which is way above average. I was given 100 rounds and basically tore a ragged hole 3 inches in diameter in the center of the target at 100 yards. I also finished shooting my 100 rounds before anyone else. The range master wouldn't give me expert because he couldn't count all the individual holes (nothing but a big ragged hole). If I had known that each hole had to be clearly visible I would have shot 20 rounds at the right shoulder, 20 rounds at the left shoulder, 20 rounds at the neck, etc, etc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was really pissed!!!:mob::mad::soapbox::BangHead:

I really wanted to be a sniper but I scored too high in mechanics and electronics and with an excellent background clearance was selected for the 463 field. Loved it!!!!