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ikyrianI was talking to my dad last night, while we were watching the History channel's "Color of War," which is a show about, well, war. It seems to be about WWII and the lengths that the US Military go through to make sure that they're people get through alive or some such. Although, this was the second episode out of four (I think), and the only one I've seen.
As many of you who read this may know, my father's in the military, the army more specifically. So as we're watching the show, my father gives me little random tidbits about things that they don't mention, or explains other things more fully (like the fact that the military "boots," before they were changed, were little more than shoes with leggings, so they wore through very, very easily.) When they get to the part about the Colt .45 being the preferred weapon of choice for most soldiers, he gives me two very interesting facts:
1.) The Colt .45 was used to stop drugged up natives in the Philippines, when the US occupied there, being as the heavy .45 slug, if a person hit anywhere would stop them, not matter how drugged they are. (If they hit limbs, it would practically take the limb _off_...)
2.) That the one time he didn't shoot expert at the firing range was back when the Army replaced the Colt .45 with a 9mm! I was like WHAT?? SHOOT EXPERT??? My jaw literally dropped. Now, I have a lot of respect for my dad, but I just never thought of him as someone capable as doing that. (Not that I'm saying that he's inept at anything, no way, my dad know's how to do lots of things!) I think what it really was is that I've never thought of my dad as shooting guns before, especially never thought of him as being graded on it (and at such a high level too!). Which is really kind of stupid. I mean, my father's a Lt. Colonel for crying out loud, of *course* this is going to happen! *sigh* Just rip my naivete away, why don't you?
Well, after that little bomb shell, I was like wow. That's really all I could say about it, was just *wow*. Shooting expert at a firing range...now that's just damn impressive. (To me at least, someone who's never shot a gun, and know next to nothing about how people "graded" for lack of a better term on their shooting skills.)
As many of you who read this may know, my father's in the military, the army more specifically. So as we're watching the show, my father gives me little random tidbits about things that they don't mention, or explains other things more fully (like the fact that the military "boots," before they were changed, were little more than shoes with leggings, so they wore through very, very easily.) When they get to the part about the Colt .45 being the preferred weapon of choice for most soldiers, he gives me two very interesting facts:
1.) The Colt .45 was used to stop drugged up natives in the Philippines, when the US occupied there, being as the heavy .45 slug, if a person hit anywhere would stop them, not matter how drugged they are. (If they hit limbs, it would practically take the limb _off_...)
2.) That the one time he didn't shoot expert at the firing range was back when the Army replaced the Colt .45 with a 9mm! I was like WHAT?? SHOOT EXPERT??? My jaw literally dropped. Now, I have a lot of respect for my dad, but I just never thought of him as someone capable as doing that. (Not that I'm saying that he's inept at anything, no way, my dad know's how to do lots of things!) I think what it really was is that I've never thought of my dad as shooting guns before, especially never thought of him as being graded on it (and at such a high level too!). Which is really kind of stupid. I mean, my father's a Lt. Colonel for crying out loud, of *course* this is going to happen! *sigh* Just rip my naivete away, why don't you?
Well, after that little bomb shell, I was like wow. That's really all I could say about it, was just *wow*. Shooting expert at a firing range...now that's just damn impressive. (To me at least, someone who's never shot a gun, and know next to nothing about how people "graded" for lack of a better term on their shooting skills.)
