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That actually surprises me quite a bit. Gun safety is drummed into all Marines in boot camp. I thought all Marines were fairly competent with firearm safety and fairly proficient with their weapons.
Having been active duty infantry, I'm sure I have a somewhat skewed view (pretty much all you do in Marine infantry is deploy or train for your next deployment; there were very few days in my four year enlistment that I didn't handle a weapon), but it was my understanding that non-infantry Marines did a fair amount of weapons training also?
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Well, you have to remember that most Marines aren't 03xx (infantry). While a lot of people do help out while deployed, or do some extra training in pre-deployment work ups, most don't handle firearms in their every day jobs. Any military training outside of qualification week is really not up to the Marine; it is up to the command.
Of course, everyone has the option to spend their free time getting civilian marksmanship training, but a lot of people aren't interested in that. I also find it a little funny when people say something like, "My Marine friend said..." or "My friend in the Army said...". As strange as it may seem to some, a lot of military members just simply aren't "gun guys", and they're opinion is not the gold standard.