As a USMC PMI I can attest to the training Marines receive, ballistics are taught in great detail for service rifles. Taking that aside you will always have your 10% who do not know but choose to BS which gives a bad name to those military professionals who know what they are doing. I am not entertaining the reservest population as they do not have the time for proper instuction or application. Beyond their service weapons there is no real need to study ballistic charts, it would be a point of personal interest.

For you critics I welcome a challange, rather than mocking lack of obscureballistic knowledge, why doyou not try properly clearinga hostile occupied room? Can you tell me a little about that? How about distance estimation without your laser rangefinder? Explain proper field sanitation? How would you survive an ambush? Hopefully we all get the point here. Their job does not require extreme ballistic knowledge outside of 5.56 x 45, 7.62 x 51, and the .50 BMG more or less, and if they are just starting to take an interest in it why shun them from a sport that is having a hard time attracting members?