Merging technology and training: the 82d Airborne Division's master gunner program. (Training Notes).

From: Infantry Magazine | Date: March 22, 2002| Author: Major Frost, Malcolm B.; Captain Jackson, John C.; Master Sergeant Valdez, Michael A. | Copyright information

The 82d Airborne Division recently undertook a bold initiative to improve marksmanship skills and the lethality of the individual paratrooper. Modeled after the mechanized infantry master gunner program, this program is designed to provide a foundation of NCO subject matter experts who are charged with improving marksmanship through training, new equipment integration, and small arms systems maintenance.

Since marksmanship performance has remained high in the 82d, the pu...

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