Re: Don't Point your weapon at me
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Army Eric</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 270remshureshot</div><div class="ubbcode-body">LOL.
Just remember the National Guard atleast in PA has the same jobs and the AD Army. Snipers,Rangers,Sappers, the only thing missing is SF. </div></div>
There's 2 states with SF units from what I remember, Montana and Florida.
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Those are the HQ for 19th and 20th I believe (deff 20th- florida). They have companies in various states- Illinois and indiana included.
However, Rangers would only be partially correct- there are Ranger qualified soldiers in the national guard, but since there are not anymore Ranger UNITS, there are no current Ranger's
Blanket statements ripping on the national guard or reserves show a severe lack of intelligence. I've seen quiet a few poor performing active duty units. I've been both- on my last tour the numbers for my company (ONE company) were three times the numbers for the entire battalion of the 82nd doing basically our same mission that co-habbited our FOB. Not to mention the fact that we had twice the number of school qualifications (excluding airborne- for which we were beat simply due to unit size).
Anyway, to the OP, it sounds to me like they might have been ROTC. And during training, weapons are routinely pointed at other soldiers, civilians and bystanders. It's called scenario training or force-on-force training. Assuming proper safety procedures have been followed, it shouldn't infuriate you.
However, I question the choice of location- not due to safety, but due to impression and appropriateness. In an area where there isn't a "normal" military presence, training should not be conducted in a way to unnecessarily draw attention. In other words, you shouldn't be doing weapons training, practicing battle drills with weapons or anything of that sort. When people are not used to seeing men in uniform running around with guns on campus, you should try to avoid doing exactly that. IF POSSIBLE- understand, sometimes the options are limited.
EDIT: Figured I should add that until the mid-80's the national guard also did in-fact have Ranger companies- these companies have either since cased their colors or changed missions to Long Range Surveillance.
It's ironic when an active duty soldier makes comments about the reserve components- totally ignoring the fact that to date they have contributed about 35-40% of the troops deployed in OIF and OEF. In other words- the mission would have either been impossible to complete without these troops, or you'd have been in the box indefinitely. Instead of running around, boasting your inflated ego and bloated self worth, be thankful there are people willing to totally disrupt and set aside their normal lives to do the same job you do, and take some of the burden off the shoulders of the active component. I had those same ignorant views when I was young, dumb and Active Duty.
