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\nPfc. Austin Ferrell<\/p>\n
\nPfc. Austin Ferrell<\/p>\n
Jeff LPH sends us a story that’s sure to warm the hearts of Marines everywhere. Marines have no heart you say? Au contraire, a Master Guns I worked with had one- in a jar on his desk. Without further ado,<\/p>\n
Philip Athey<\/strong><\/p>\n When Pfc. Austin Ferrell transitioned from a recruit to a Marine his senior drill instructor gave him one simple piece of advice.<\/p>\n \u201cStay humble,\u201d Staff Sgt. Joshua Gerde told Ferrell as he handed him his Eagle, Globe and Anchor ? the sign that he was finally a Marine after three months of grueling recruit training.<\/p>\n Remaining humble after Marine Corps boot camp is a challenge for any new Marine.<\/p>\n But for Ferrell, who was declared the \u201cdeadliest recruit on Parris Island\u201d when he beat the rifle range record, the challenge might be even greater.<\/p>\n The new Marine scored 248 out of a possible 250 on Table 1 of the Marine Corps Rifle Qualification and followed it by a perfect 100 on Table 2, earning him the recruit record at Parris Island, South Carolina, under the modern scoring system.<\/p>\n Table 2, which consists of close range fire at multiple targets and moving targets, was added to Marine Corps rifle qualifications in 2005.<\/p>\n Prior to that change only Table 1, which consists of shooting from the prone, kneeling, standing and sitting position from 200 yards, 300 yards and 500 yards, counted toward the score for Marine recruits.<\/p>\n Ferrell garnered the attention of his drill instructors early during his time at boot camp, being appointed guide during his second week of training and holding onto that position through graduation, he told Marine Corps Times.<\/p>\n But it was on the range where he knew his skills would shine, Ferrell told Marine Corps Times in a phone interview on Tuesday.<\/p>\n \u201cI have been shooting since I was five or six,\u201d Ferrell said.<\/p>\n It started \u201cas just a .22 with my father, but it has drastically changed since then,\u201d Ferrell added.<\/p>\n Ferrell said he had heard plenty of recruits bragging about how good of a shot they were before his platoon\u2019s time on the range, but he opted to remain quiet.<\/p>\n But when he saw that the rifle range displayed the name of the record-holding recruit for platoons to see as they marched by, he had to speak up.<\/p>\n \u201cI was joking with my PMI (Primary Marksmanship Instructor) the day before pr-qual that if I broke the record, how long it would take to get my name on the board,\u201d Ferrell said.<\/p>\n The instructor just smirked, thinking Ferrell was just another over-confident kid.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Not hardly. Read the rest of the article here: Marine Corps Times<\/a><\/p>\n Thanks Jeff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"