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MoBart · January 3, 2013, 11:15 PM

Sadly, I left active duty in 08, I had an ACOG issued and it was great, today I was speaking to a young Marine a coubple months out of recruit training who said that Marine recruits are going through their initial weapons training and qualifications with the ACOG. I was suprised to say the least. To me, teaching a recruit to use the optics to begin with is not teaching them to use the weapon properly, if the sight is damaged or fails and they are not familiar with the irons arent we setting them up for failure? Can anyone confirm or deny that this change has been made?

January 3, 2013, 11:15 PM	#1
MoBart Senior Member Join Date: September 25, 2009 Posts: 267	ACOG at USMC recruit training/knitial qaulification? Sadly, I left active duty in 08, I had an ACOG issued and it was great, today I was speaking to a young Marine a coubple months out of recruit training who said that Marine recruits are going through their initial weapons training and qualifications with the ACOG. I was suprised to say the least. To me, teaching a recruit to use the optics to begin with is not teaching them to use the weapon properly, if the sight is damaged or fails and they are not familiar with the irons arent we setting them up for failure? Can anyone confirm or deny that this change has been made?