Is Marine marksmanship training better than the Army’s?
Marine training, across the board, is far superior to any other military that we have. And the reason being is because the Marine Corps is not as apt to care about political correctness. They will still raise their voice at a young man, they will punish a young man with pushups or sit-ups. They don’t train women with the men. I speak at many of the graduating classes for drill instructors for the Marine Corps. And those drill instructors are still poured out of the same mold they were 40 years ago. You’ll hear a lot of old-timers talking about, “Well, these kids, it’s not like it used to be in the old days.” Nothing could be further from the truth. The training today is superb as far as I’m concerned. Q: Gunny, you’ve been to Iraq a couple of times and to Afghanistan. How are our troops? Motivation and morale are second to none! For the left-wing liberals who so dominate in the media to keep printing and broadcasting that we’re losing this war—nothing could be further from the truth. O
