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U.S. Army Zeroing Procedures
Download an illustrated copy of this article:Army Zero Process The Army’s previous training doctrine was established in the late 1970s and was in official use until 2016, but continued on for years after because most Soldiers and range operations personnel never read the manuals and were unaware of the published changes. The late 1970s version of Trainfire attempted a simplified approach to…
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Ash Hess: Army Marksmanship and MMTC
Ash Hess: Army Marksmanship and MMTC
SFC Ash Hess (ret.) was one of the primary authors of the Army’s new Training Circulars. He was asked to speak before a recent graduating class at Marksmanship Master Trainer Course. Here’s a link to his original post and the transcript. Bold highlights were added to emphasize important points.
https://ashhessblog.wordpress.com/2018/02/10/speach-for-the-marksmanship-master-trainer-course/
Speach…
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I’m a Responsible Gun Owner? Seriously?
I’m a Responsible Gun Owner? Seriously?
The description given in the article below is not uncommon and it often applies to military, law enforcement, and hunters as well.
While living in San Antonio, I was a TCOLE (formerly TCLEOSE) certified instructor and worked part-time at the Alamo Area Regional Law Enforcement Academy.As a Texas resident, I took the TxDPS – License to Carry course described below. While living in Wisconsin, I was…
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Yale Police Protest Over Firearms Test
Yale Police Protest Over Firearms Test
Yale Police Protest Over Firearms Test http://www.wsj.com/articles/yale-police-protest-over-firearms-tests-1478474266 More than 70 police officers at Yale University are protesting a new policy that allows them to be fired if they don’t pass a firearms test in 30 working days after having failed it twice.
How difficult is this test, really? The article doesn’t mention, but it’s almost certainly…
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USMC Rifle Qualification History
USMC Rifle Qualification History
History of USMC Rifle Qualification, 1903-2013 by Marine Gunner C.P. WADE, WTBN, Quantico
Source: History of USMC Rifle Qualification, 1903-2013
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Keep Qualification Scores
Do police agencies keep numerical range scores or is it just pass/fail? Some agencies are going away from the actual numerical scoring, supposedly because training records fall under the open records act and they are afraid that if an officer with a higher qualification score kills someone in an otherwise legitimate shooting that the prosecuting attorneys will ask the officer didn’t shoot to…
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Qualification and Skill
People outside the competition world often fail to understand the sort of skill levels possible. Routine qualification is the most vestigial level of basic understanding. Police and military qualification is the equivalent of a simple arithmetic quiz considered easy by elementary school children. It’s a perfectly acceptable level for a student actually in elementary school and…
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