My good friends daughter will soon be turning 18, and joining the Navy. She is a tough, bright girl, but had never touched a firearm before.

How can we use my modest collection (15-22, sig229 9mm, s&w386ng, cheapo Remington 12ga) to give a little prep for the big day? My buddy has plenty of land for running/shooting exercises.

Check out Nutnfancy om yourtube. He has some ideas.
YouTube - "Firefight Drill" Nutnfancy Run 1: S&W 15-22 MOE .22
Guy22

I can't speak to what weapons training the Navy has in boot camp/basic school but I would say just take her out and let her fam-fire your weapon selection. You've got good representation of the three key platforms; AR, 9mm pistol, and the shotgun.
If I had to guess, I would think the Navy would be more prone to use the shotties on ship unless she's going MP/SP.
Regardless, they will train her in how they want them handled. Don't create any bad habits and just let her experience the weapons.

Hopefully some squid (affectionately said) will check in with better info on what she can expect.

Of course never hurts, but I served for 4 years and attained a rank of E-5 and never touched a gun of any kind in 3 west pacs. The navy is more about moving large weapons systems, in some cases really big weapons systems. Good luck to her

Jettjocky has the answer!

Good intentioned "pre-training" does no no good, especially since few so-called trainers have been trained themselves. The military services have their own way of doing things -- the only way. The Army way is not the the Marine Corps way is not the Navy way. Let them teach her (or him to make this more general).

(Any omission of the Air Force in the above statement was *** purely *** unintentional. )

-- Chuck

Well, we gotta fix that, now don't we? :P

Never touched a weapon?

Things must've changed since I went through USAF basic training in 1978.

We had to qualify for M-16 via .22 conversion across the board. If you shot
expert with that, you could qualify for .223. That is when I got my first
marksman ribbon.

As to the new USN recruit, she may not fire a weapon in service, but what
could it hurt to take her out and let her blaze away a bit? She may like
it so much she becomes a weapons troop, like I did...