Monday on the range

We spent all day Monday outdoors qualifying on the M-4 weapon (M-16 replacement). We had to shoot at targets in daytime and nighttime, and couldn't leave until everyone in the group passed the nighttime qualification. Shooting in the dark required the use of night vision goggles, those contraptions that turn everything green. A lot of fun but rather cold, fortunately the wind was almost not present. And we made it back to the barracks shortly after midnight. Oh, and lunch consisted of a beef patty with western style beans MRE (meal ready to eat). Doesn't a cold beef patty in a plastic bag sound appealing?