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Tipped by our friend Chuck Karwan (who is taking the longest time to get to this Forum!), I found a most interesting piece on-line at http://www.tsrapac.org/Vol_36_3.pdf, the Journal of the Texas State Rifle Association (the webmaster for which site if our old SSBB pal, Jim Nicholson):
BTW: read page 20 of that newsletter carefully and consider the possibilities.
Good piece, and Chuck's comment was:TSRA Rifle Team Teaches Army SquadIn early March this year, a group of Texans gathered at a hotel in San Antonio. They included a John Deere employee, a Dallas Motorcycle Policeman, a TXU chemist, a retired Chief Warrant Officer, a photographer, the owner of an insurance company, and others. At the request of the US Army, these men had taken two weeks of unpaid vacation away from their jobs and families to teach the first-ever class of what would become known as Squad Designated Marksmen (SDM) in the US Army.
Designated Marksmen at Camp Bullis
Sam, why haven't you reported on this?The Army asked 'TSRA Rifle Team Members to train Squad Designated Marksmen (SDM) for the US Army's 1 Cav Division before they deploy overseas, as position shooting, the use of the shooting sling, reading environmental conditions, and shooting the M14 rifle are now lost arts in today's Army. While it's a little scary having target shooters teaching "sniping" this is exactly why we have a Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP)!!
BTW: read page 20 of that newsletter carefully and consider the possibilities.