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This is my first time using this and I didn't feel like spending all the time necessary learning the protocol for one small correction.

"The M14 rifle remained the standard rifle for U.S. Army Basic Training and troops stationed in Europe until 1970."(Wikipedia) I began Army Basic Training at the end of Aug of 1968. We used the M14 and the scuttlebutt was that we were the last ones to use them in CONUS. This seemed to be confirmed when we met up with Ft. Ord counterpart soldiers after 47 week language training. They they had used the Matell shoot and tell the same time we were using the real battle rifles.

Moral of the story is that no one used the M14 for Army basic after 1968. (Source, I lived it)

Mtlewellen (talk) 11:10, 14 June 2011 (UTC)Sp 5 Mike Lewellen, Army Security Agency, Field Station Taiwan 1970-72