We were taught what to do and not to do in everyday life situations‚ and how to wear our uniforms properly. We had rifle platoon inspections every week which consisted of an officer coming in and inspecting every inch of our uniforms and rifles to make sure that nothing was out of place. The third month also included a three-day test called the Crucible. This is where we use all of the training we had learned so far and spend three
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Dealey Plaza in Dallas‚ the limo slowed down as it reached an overpass. Suddenly‚ as the car was approaching the Texas School Book Depository on a nearby hill‚ a shot was fired out of the sixth story window. President Kennedy was shot at two times by a rifle. The first bullet hit the back of JFK’s neck‚ went through his neck‚ and out his throat. From there‚ the bullet went into Connally’s back‚ hand‚ and thigh. Connally later recovered. A second bullet was fired a few seconds later. It hit Kennedy in the
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Sissi Lu Dr. Rhone WRIT 101 April 12‚ 2015 The Effect on Decision-making Eric Arthur Blair‚ who used the pen name George Orwell‚ was a British writer whose literature is marked by criticism of social injustice. The essay “Shooting an Elephant” is one of George Orwell’s most well-known works. The essay was wrote in 1936‚ it describes a story what happened in 1926‚ while Orwell was working as a British police officer in Burma‚ where in order to build the role of an assertive police officer and a
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The duality of man is a struggle in the mind of every human being‚ it is a characteristic of being two fold‚ having two different sides to a personality‚ a kind of Dr. Jackal and Mr. Hyde inside of everyone. Humans all contain that good verses evil‚ that little devil on the left shoulder and the angle on the right‚ talking to people during any given choice in life. The film “Full Metal Jacket” demonstrates the duality of man and symbolizes in many ways the shaping of a human beings mind and character
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character’s universal experiences of loss and despair. The rifle as the connecting element between the storylines starts and ends the narration of the story. When Ahmed and Yussef decide to shoot at the distant bus‚ the tragic events take their course around the world. When Yussef destroys the rifle‚ they dissolve. However‚ if we take the actual events into account‚ the story would have to start with Chieko‚ whose father gave the rifle to Hassan‚ who then sold it to Ahmed and Yussef’s father. This
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Action: Conduct Consistent Aiming Exercises Condition: Given 15 Highly Motivated‚ M16-Series Rifle‚ M15A1 sighting device‚ target box‚ pencil and paper‚ and target-box paddle; and wearing the ACU w/ soft cap. Standard: Each Soldier will acquire a sight picture five consecutive times without error. Each Soldier will dry fire two five-round shot-groups such that 8 of the 10 shots fit within a 2-centimeter circle. Risk Assessment: Safety Concerns: Environmental considerations All information
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In Moulmein‚ in lower Burma‚ I was hated by large numbers of people--the only time in my life that I have been important enough for this to happen to me. I was sub-divisional police officer of the town‚ and in an aimless‚ petty kind of way anti-European feeling was very bitter. No one had the guts to raise a riot‚ but if a European woman went through the bazaars alone somebody would probably spit betel juice over her dress. As a police officer I was an obvious target and was baited whenever
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Egypt around February. The half of us were veterans fighting in Gallipoli from the 1st battalion. The other half are like me‚ fresh reinforcements from Australia. We were being trained to use the weapons include: rifles‚ machine guns‚ Mills bomb‚ grenades and especially the bolt shot rifle. The whole training was tough but all the preparation will be useful for the battle. Our months of preparation was over‚ we then moving towards
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The Crimean War was the first conflict for the percussion cap to be used. The percussion cap allows for an all-weather reliability of the rifle. The previous common mechanism of firearms was the flintlock. For the flintlock to ignite the powder‚ firing the projectile‚ it required a spark created by flint‚ hence “flintlock”. Flintlock based weapons were inoperable in wet weather‚ limiting its
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INDEX PARTS | TOPIC | PAGE NO | PART I | BRIEF HISTORY | 1 | PART II | RELATED TERMS | 2 | PART III | AMN USED IN INDIA | 9 | PART IV | AMN OF THE WORLD | 5 | PART V | AGL AMN USED IN INDIA | 12 | PART VI | AGL AMN OF THE WORLD | 12 | PART VII | RECOMMENDATIONS | 28 | Introduction 1. There is an old saying among artillery men that their weapon is not the gun. It is the ammunition/shell‚ and the gun is only the last stage in transportation from the factory to the target. The
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