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PTE Gruending
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Hello,
I am confused by the new course structure for the Reserves, Infantry MOC. Back in the day it used to be QL2/QL3 to be a fully qualified Rifleman.
Now the basic training is called BMQ (Basic Military Qualification) and includes the basics (obviously ;-) ) and C7. The next course is called SQ (or Soldier Qualification - which all Army personel have to take eventually, regardless of MOC). It includes weapons like the C9, C6, Grenades and Carl G. (but no M72 strangely?). So BMQ = QL2 and SQ = ?Ql3?. Each of these courses run aprox ~25 days. I have heard that to get your Infantry MOC you must also take your ‘BIQ‘ (60MM Mortar, M203). Are you not a qualified rifleman with your BMQ/SQ? What is this BIQ about? I‘m guessing that if you indeed need the BMQ/SQ/BIQ, they will be running BMQ/SQ and SQ/BIQ combinations this summer (anyone have dates/locations?).
I‘m guessing there may be a weekend BIQ offered next year perhaps? As there are weekend BMQ‘s/SQ‘s now?
I have heard that the M72 is a unit level thing, to be learned on Tuesday nights and such, true?
I was on the SQ course for a bit, (the whole course is 12 weekends or so), and they ran a "Weapons Delta" course in parralel. Those guys were only on for the 1st half of the course (1st 6 weekends included all the weapons training + live fire). It was kind of funny to see a bunch of trained CPL‘s with plenty of QL4‘s under their belt sleeping in the shacks with us, and taking all the sh*t that we were getting. They had to take the course to pick up the Carl G and C6. Kind of a waste of time/money for the army and the QL3 qualified guys because they had to take this 6 weekend course just to pick up the two weapons (that could easily be picked up at the unit, all the guys had done everything but fire the weapons).
I am confused by the new course structure for the Reserves, Infantry MOC. Back in the day it used to be QL2/QL3 to be a fully qualified Rifleman.
Now the basic training is called BMQ (Basic Military Qualification) and includes the basics (obviously ;-) ) and C7. The next course is called SQ (or Soldier Qualification - which all Army personel have to take eventually, regardless of MOC). It includes weapons like the C9, C6, Grenades and Carl G. (but no M72 strangely?). So BMQ = QL2 and SQ = ?Ql3?. Each of these courses run aprox ~25 days. I have heard that to get your Infantry MOC you must also take your ‘BIQ‘ (60MM Mortar, M203). Are you not a qualified rifleman with your BMQ/SQ? What is this BIQ about? I‘m guessing that if you indeed need the BMQ/SQ/BIQ, they will be running BMQ/SQ and SQ/BIQ combinations this summer (anyone have dates/locations?).
I‘m guessing there may be a weekend BIQ offered next year perhaps? As there are weekend BMQ‘s/SQ‘s now?
I have heard that the M72 is a unit level thing, to be learned on Tuesday nights and such, true?
I was on the SQ course for a bit, (the whole course is 12 weekends or so), and they ran a "Weapons Delta" course in parralel. Those guys were only on for the 1st half of the course (1st 6 weekends included all the weapons training + live fire). It was kind of funny to see a bunch of trained CPL‘s with plenty of QL4‘s under their belt sleeping in the shacks with us, and taking all the sh*t that we were getting. They had to take the course to pick up the Carl G and C6. Kind of a waste of time/money for the army and the QL3 qualified guys because they had to take this 6 weekend course just to pick up the two weapons (that could easily be picked up at the unit, all the guys had done everything but fire the weapons).