NewCollegeParent
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I am seeking some advice. DS recently transferred AROTC battalions. His last battalion did not have access to a rifle range and the only time he has shot a gun was when handed one during Ranger Challenge last year. (Didn't do so well.) He came home this weekend and said he miserably failed on marksmanship at his new Battalion. I didn't ask a great deal of questions, but it seems reasonable since I know he had not shot a gun except for the Ranger Challenge experience.
I had assumed the Army would train him on this and provide the resources for practice. Maybe I assumed wrong.
Is marksmanship something they are evaluated on within Battalion or at LDAC?
If practice is what he needs there are local ranges that rent AR15. Is that what we should do for practice over the holiday break?
Is there any special technique he would need instruction on for Army marksmanship versus ????. (I don't know, just don't want him to learn bad habits, then have to break them)
Thanks for the advice
I had assumed the Army would train him on this and provide the resources for practice. Maybe I assumed wrong.
Is marksmanship something they are evaluated on within Battalion or at LDAC?
If practice is what he needs there are local ranges that rent AR15. Is that what we should do for practice over the holiday break?
Is there any special technique he would need instruction on for Army marksmanship versus ????. (I don't know, just don't want him to learn bad habits, then have to break them)
Thanks for the advice