Quote Originally Posted by JMA View Post
Why the 3-4 range days? There is 3-4-5-6 months (depending on the army) of recruit training to coach the recruit up to the ideal standard.
The 3-4 days on the range is just to get him ready to go and do field firing and actual applications of fire. He's safe, and he has a measurable standard on which to build.
Set a standard, reach it, maintain it.
...and the standard is? That's the issue. Standard versus cost versus operational relevance.
PS: a good way to 'teach' a recruit to handle a 'ready' weapon is to issue each with a blank round and make sure it is up the spout all the time. Works a treat.
True. We tried to teach/test all the AI's and Stoppage drills, with blanks. Told to stop because of cost - so we could fire blanks on exercise for almost zero training value.