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 ...

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.

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 ...

When Sgt. Sandra Coast graduates from Basic Combat Training on Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., she officially begins her Army career, at 51 years old.

Basic twenty hour armorer course for the M16/AR-15/M4 firearms. Class ends at noon on May 11th, 2011. Course instructed by Ken Elmore of Specialized Armament. Advanced class offered May 11th-13th ...