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Finally had time to cautiously study and also soak up every one of the submit.
This particular young man is really impressive and i also get a lump in my throat after i think of everything that My partner and i must pay back guys like him. May possibly The almighty bless your pet with regard to their services. |
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Originally Posted By fiver:
A fantastic read. I know that he wanted to keep it short, but he is a good writer and given the chance I would encourage him to tell the "long" story. Many would take the time to read no matter how long it got. Thank you for posting that here. I would love to see more of this. |
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Originally Posted By TxAgArcher:
All of Paul's points are now being incorporated in the Army's Short Range Marksman course as well through out the training pipeline. I have been taught and practiced high speed mag changes since Infantry OBC along with squaring to the target and using an isosceles or modified isosceles stance. Shotting on the move, moving to cover, shooting around barriers, controlled pairs, hold off, and lethal zone hits are ingrained in you. But it's a perishable skill and with out a command that's willing to accept the risk of running the ranges that allow these skills to be maintained they are lost. There is two kinds of shooting, the kind that allows you to qualify expert on the range and the kind that keeps you alive in combat and while they rely on the same principles of marksmanship they are very different. The story quoted in the OP is inspiring as fuck, and that Marine is an example for us all. |
Let a man never stir a step on the road without his weapons of war, for unsure is the knowing when need shall arise for a spear on the way without.
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Muscle memory can be a great thing when the tactics, techniques and procedures that you're muscles are memorizing are good and effective ones. But it works both ways, meaning that, for example, if you handle certain things in training in a relaxed "administrative" fashion, then you can bet your ass you will handle those things in combat the same way. Just want to be clear on this, are you saying if you just go through the motions, you will probably be lackadaisical in training, and this would carry over to a stressful combat situation where you will make mistakes because you did not take it serious enough? The reason I ask this about twenty years ago I was coaching baseball and during pre warmups our center fielder let one by him and he did not go after it. I had always trained them that if they missed it, they had to go after the ball like it was a game like situation because it could and will happen, and how you react, could be the difference of the runner getting to third or home. I benched him for it. This is just not a baseball question but a life question. Anyone care to help me see this more clearly? I would like to refer to this story to support the way I teach, coach, etc. Thank you. |