That is why I was range NCOIC, I hit 40 for 40 and my company commander who was not combat arms, eyed that score and for my last 3 years at Benning, I ran our company ranges. We had MOS's from a bunch of branches. Some combat arms, others admin, etc.
I had a female lawyer who could not hit a barn with a shotgun. We had her on the range all day and she could not qualify. My commander looked at me and said, "Sarge, I don't care what you do, get her qualified. She has failed every range she has ever been on." So, I put her in the fox hole and I got my M16 and went down a couple more and got in myself. When she fired, I fired as quickly after her as she fired. I hit all the close ones enough to get her to 24 I think it was to qualify and quit. She did not hit any others herself. She was so happy. I did not have the heart to say anything. My commander asked me how she qualified. I said, No questions sir, you said to get her qualified and she has. End of subject. He smiled and walked off!!!!! My experience was any female from big cities couldn't shoot a weapon at all. Up close with a pistol they might be okay.
My wife had never shot a day in her life when we got married. I taught her to shoot an AR15. I kept her at 25, 50, 75 and 100 yards. She shoot very good. Better than those did. We shoot all the time. She has her own Beretta Topcat and keeps it in her purse.
Awesome! My best friend that I’ve known since I was 4 years old was an 11-C He got to fly around in helicopters over Panama taking fire on Christmas day during operation “Just (be)CAUSE”.
When I was on my state shooting team, the worst offenders qualification/wise were people that were right handed/left eye dominant. Most of them should have been caught in basic training, but not all DI’s know what the signs are.