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Hi , my name is Staff Sergeant Potts

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and I am a combat arms instructor at

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the 1 69 security forces unit . We

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started off in the classroom having

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classroom instructions . Now , we've

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made our way back to the range at the

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range . We're gonna be looking for

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marksmanship , fundamentals , making

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sure our , our troops can actually put

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projectiles on target . Some personal

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qualities that I look for is safety ,

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safety . First . I wanna make sure that

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they're keeping positive control of

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that muzzle , making sure that they are

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not putting that finger on the trigger

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until they're ready to shoot , making

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sure that they , they know their

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backdrop , they know their target ,

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they know who they're shooting at . And

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when we get into this training course

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we'll actually have where we holler out

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left or right where they're actually

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knowing whether it's a target to the

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left or target to the right . And if

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they go to the right and we yell out

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left , that means they shot somebody ,

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they weren't supposed to shoot , I

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think maintaining , uh , weapons

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training for South Carolina National

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Guard as a whole . I think it's

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important because yes , we all have our

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own jobs , but it's important for us

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because we wear the same uniforms and

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that if we were down range and our base

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got taken over that everybody needs to

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know how to maintain and shoot that

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weapon system because it's only a

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little bit of us . So if we got taken

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over , we're gonna need somebody to

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have our backs . I just got back in

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November . Um , I graduated combat arms

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school . Um , I'll throw out there . I

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graduated distinguished grad . I'm also

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the first female at back at tire to be

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a part of combat arms . Um , I just got

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back and honestly , it feels good to be

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a part of the training . I can't wait

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to actually , the summer time when we

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actually start training bases . Pop .