Most of the time when we have weapon quals in the military, we shoot in groups on a firing line. Most portions are single shot, but we also have rapid fire portions of our quals. Sometimes, for an unfortunate few, the back of the neck of your utilities opens up just enough to catch a freshly expelled piece of brass from your friend to the lefts M16/M4 right on the back of the neck. In ten years I never had it happened to me, but in 10 years ever single range I was on it happened to at least one person. It usually leaves a pretty nice welt/scar. If you flag the line in that scenario be prepared to get kicked from the range and unqualified (which will affect promotion/advancement).
The bad part is we fuck with each other pretty bad. I was also a marksmanship coach and sometimes it’s pretty boring, especially if your guys are pretty good at shooting. So when bored…we would stand behind the shooters, catch hot brass and then quickly throw it to one of the shooter daydreaming behind us on the ready benches waiting for their turn to fire. Natural reaction is to catch what was thrown at you, but it takes a few seconds for a person to realize that their hand is burning, lol. We were idiots…
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