During Marine Corps basic training, you must never refer to your M16 as a gun. Doing so will result in a massive tirade from your drill instructor. MarineCorps M16s are always called your weapon ...

With that tenent, Soldiers in basic combat training learn to fire the M16 rifle, or its shorter version the M4 carbine, early in BCT. At the start of Week 2, trainees are issued their rifles and ...

“Basic Rifle Marksmanship during Basic Combat Training is rigorous yet attainable,” Ready said. At minimum, recruits must shoot 23 out of 43 target to qualify on the M4 or M16 rifle and ...

Drill Instructors (U.S.M.C.) and Drill Sergeants (U.S. Army) see a lot of ridiculous stuff in their time, but this image definitely takes the cake for basic training screw ups. Redditor ...

For the first time in three years, Army recruits will have to pass a marksmanship test during basic training using only the backup iron sights for the M16 rifles and M4 carbines, officials said.

Therefore, during Navy basic training, you won't get to fire the M16 rifle. Instead, you qualify with the M9 pistol and the Mossberg 500 shotgun.

U.S. Army recruits road march single-file across Fort Jackson, S.C., June 13, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ken Scar) Soldiers in basic training will soon have to pass a test after every phase of ...