Day 46: Today we practice buddy firing. The first time was with no rounds and the second time around we had blank rounds. Basically we sat around or stood in line for about 6 hours and actually performed buddy firing for a total of 5 minutes. It was a 300 meter course where we had to patrol and kill the enemy while moving to the different barriers. The point was to cover our battle buddy while he/she moved to the next barrier. When we got to the end of the course, after throwing a grenade, we had to react after indirect fire and sprint the 300 meters back.
Day 47: Today we did the actual buddy firing (Omaha Course). We were told that it was the 2nd most dangerous thing we would do at BCT since we run to the next barrier as our battle buddy covers us, using the rounds. We had a practice run with blanks before we did the course with live rounds. It was not bad at all. The most important things to remember are to be aware of where you are pointing the weapon and making sure your weapon is on safe when you are not shooting it. The DS ran behind us the whole time. I was not nervous since I trusted my battle buddy. After Omaha, we spent about 3 hours cleaning our weapons.
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