U.S. ARMY RESERVE SMALL ARMS TRAINER COURSE LAUNCHED AT FORT MCCOY

摘要

FORT MCCOY, Wis. -- In keeping with Chief of Army Reserve Lt. Gen. Charles D. Luckey's vision to shape theU.S. Army Reserve into a more lethal, capable and combat-ready force, the 84th Training Command's TaskForce Cold Steel has developed a new weapons proficiency course at Fort McCoy.The Army Reserve Small Arms Trainer Course is a pilot program that has been a long time in the making. Fornearly 20 years, analysis proved the common denominator for poorer weapons qualification throughout the ArmyReserve during Task Force Cold Steel missions was tied to weapons proficiency. There was a pressing need notonly to increase individual Soldier proficiency, but also to maintain that expertise by fielding weapons subjectmatter experts at the unit level.