Bullet Boy on Shooting Sports

I just returened from a one day trip to Quantico, VA the Home of the Marine Corps.   While my business led me on base I thought I would share with you a few of the thoughts I had while traversing the base.

I have visited Air Force Bases, Army Bases, and Naval Bases.   Perhaps I was never on base at the right time but today I saw several exercises, vechiles, and training going on.   I saw an exercise where Helicopters were hiting the Landing Zone and Marines jumping out. I saw some manuvers and training going on.   Quantico is a fantastic base with beautiful scenery.   Very clean and very curteous people.   Having never seen a sight like that before I was fascinated by everything.

I wish had taken pictures to show you all the vechicles I saw.   Everything from basic oickups to fighting vechices.   TV doesn’t do them justice. They are huge and very intimidating.   Well not the thing that looks like a duck boat.   When I saw it I felt as if I needed to go find the ticket booth to go for a ride.

I was also able to see part of their shooting facilities, and let me just say this, WOW.   The long range I saw must have been almost 2,000 yards.   That is a long way to go an paste targets.   I wonder if they ever open the range to the public?   Sure would be fun just to say I had done it.   I would like to meet the Marine that can group them tite with iron sites on that range.

There is also a Museum that I didn’t visit.   I will have to hit that on my next visit to Quantico Marine Corps Base.   If you ever get the opportunity to tour Quantico please do.

Today at BWI Airport in Baltimore Maryland I got to see an honor flight first hand.

If you don’t know what Honor Flight I encourage you to do a little checking and see some of the You Tube Video’s out there.  But basically it is an organization that helps deliver soldiers to see their memorial and pay tribute to their fallen brothers in Washington DC.  The small crowd that had gathered at BWI paid tribute and clapped as the heroes passed by.  From best I could tell it was all WWII veterans.

Seeing these soldiers reminds me why I’m proud to be American.