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Old 03-03-2015, 04:17 PM
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I was speaking with a Marine PMI from Parris Island at my Marine Corps League meeting. Marines have not trained with open sights since 2011. I was floored. There are units being sent to Afghanistan that aren't even issued BUIS........They are killing us.

http://archive.marinecorpstimes.com/...rifle-training
Greaaat...
So that begs the question, what happens if the scope fails?
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Or if you have a damaged rifle and have to pick up an enemy combatants rifle.
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