Boot Camp: New for You or Memories?

Firing Week and Qualification Day During Boot Camp
Boot Camp: New for You or Memories?
Posted on 8/18/2026

During Firing Week, the second week of marksmanship training, recruits begin before sunrise, preparing their rifles and themselves to shoot the known-distance course of fire.

Recruits prepare for rifle qualification day by firing rounds of both slow fire (one shot at a time) and rapid-fire (10 shots in a row). Recruits fire from four shooting positions at ranges of 200, 300, and 500 yards.


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