And yet another somewhat interesting basic training fact.

So, everyone in the Army knows how to shoot the M16 rifle and most people in the world know that this is the weapon the US Army uses. Here is a little fact, I never shot the M16 until after I switched to 93C (Air Traffic Control) from 19K (M1A1 Armor Crewman) about 4 years after I joined the Army. As a 19K (Tanker), our primary weapon, is, well, a tank. The weapon we carry is a 9MM pistol, which we learned how to shoot in basic. We did have a 1 day class on how to shoot the M16, but on our way to the range to actually shoot it, it started to storm, so we never got a chance to.