First Week Done!

Hey Everyone,

Well, I've made it through the first week of PJ-U. And it was awesome. The first day was spent learning the history of Pararescue and going to the armory to get our weapons assigned and learning about both the M-9 Beretta 9mm pistol and the M-4 rifle. Tuesday and Wednesday was all about shooting the pistol. We learned how to properly draw the pistol from the holster, how to shoot it standing still, in different positions, during tactical movements, on the move. and even one handed. On Thursday and Friday we spent the time shooting the M-4. Again we learned how to shoot it in different positions, during tactical movements, on the move. Also, we learned how to manipulate both weapons if there is a malfunction, or if we have to reload. We also learned how to do what are called transitions. This is where if the rifle goes down due to a malfunction of runs out of ammunition and the enemy is closing the distance at a rate where we can't get the rifle going again, we switch to the pistol. On Friday, we also got to fire the "burst" mode on the M-4, where instead of 1 bullet for each trigger pull, it's 3 bullets per trigger pull. Another thing that we learned was what to do if we find ourselves face to face with an enemy less than 1 meter in front of us. We would basically have to shoot from the hip, quite literally, in order to kill the enemy.

Next week, we start night shooting. On Monday though, there is a camera crew coming to video tape us for the new Pararescue recruiting video. Also, we have been informed that we have to move to the PJ-U dorms on the other side of base by the end of next week. This upcoming week is also the last week for the Weapon Phase of PJ-U. After this is Land Navigation. That should be "fun".

Well, that's it for now, I've uploaded some videos of us on the range on to the page; hope you enjoy them.