While at the range this Sunday, noticed a commotion going on a few tabled down from me.
One of our Filipino range safety officers was scolding a bunch of shooters.
All in Filipino.
Found out later, they were sailors from Philippine Navy, here for the RimPac exercise.
Somehow they got a hold of a AR15, and some ammo, and wanted to shoot some.
They seemed not to know anything about it.
They could load the mag, and put it in, but didn't know anything from there.
When I walked over, the cease fire buzzer went off.
They, of course didn't know who to lock the bolt back.
More scolding in Filipino.
Talking later to the RO, he was kind of mad because they made Filipino military look bad.
They did the "don't know how to drop the mag", "drop the mag, trying to close the bolt", "don't know how to hold the bolt open".
They didn't do anything any "Newby" didn't do.
I'm guessing they don't train with firearms in the Philippine Navy.
Whenever RimPac comes to town, it's kind of a zoo in Waikiki and town.
Lots of drunk sailors.