They still used air guns at Benning but they had us stand still for them, thank goodness. Still a lot of shots in rapid fire fashion. All our upper arms were aching that night.

It was kinda funny in one respect. The soldier wielding the air gun on my left arm complained about how hard it was to get a shot in on my arm. I didn't tell him it was one of my prime insulin injection sites and had seen a LOT of needles. Since insulin dependent people aren't supposed to deploy and my G6 (the guy in that picture) went the extra mile to get me signed off by the divisional doctor AND tossed a little fridge into one of the ISU-90s (half a Conex, air transport container) to keep the insulin cold over where we were going.

I like to get all kinds of opinions. Some people I disagree with even when i'm soliciting same, but even a stopped clock is right twice a day.