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Rate of Fire Against Men

Tony Formica & Eli Myers — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 21:03:34 +0000

A Quantitative Assessment of Fire Team Lethality

Live fire ranges must deliberately measure marksmanship if they are to achieve their purpose of training soldiers and junior leaders in the skills needed to win close combat engagements. Training Circular 7-9 describes marksmanship as “one of the most important” areas that live fire exercises (LFXs) train; we argue that it is the most important, full stop.^[1] Nothing else in a LFX matters, no other training objectives have any validity, if the rounds soldiers fire do not eliminate their intended targets.

5-20 IN conducts a grueling 36-hour exercise designed to test soldier readiness and war-fighting skills. (US Army Photo retrieved from 1-2 SBCT Facebook Page)

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PS Magazine Roll-up

Steve Reeves — Sat, 15 Oct 2022 20:22:35 +0000

September 2022

U.S.Army Photo from 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment.

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PS Magazine Roll-up

Doug Meyer — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 16:49:42 +0000

July 2022

Army Sgt. Justin Covert mans an M1A2 .50-caliber machine gun on a Stryker vehicle during training at Fort Irwin, Calif., as the Milky Way galactic center is visible overhead, May 24, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Stewart)

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PS Magazine Roll-up

Steve Reeves — Sun, 17 Jul 2022 23:52:35 +0000

June 2022

Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, conducts platoon live-fire gunnery qualification

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Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, conducts platoon live-fire gunnery qualification (U.S Army photo by Sgt Mason Cutrer)

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PS Magazine Roll-up

Steve Reeves — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 17:32:48 +0000

May 2022

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry Regiment, 198th Infantry Brigade, maneuver as an Infantry Rifle Squad

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Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry Regiment, 198th Infantry Brigade, maneuver as an Infantry Rifle Squad

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PS Magazine Roll-up

Steve Reeves — Sat, 07 May 2022 16:30:21 +0000

April 2022

Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, conducts table six tank crew qualification Feb. 4, 2019, Orchard Combat Training Center. The Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers are preparation for the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team’s upcoming rotation at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., later this year.

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PS Magazine Roll-up

Steve Reeves — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 23:55:54 +0000

February - March 2022

Here are the articles posted to the PS Magazine website the months of February and March 2022.

An M1A2 tank crew with the 116th Cavalry Regiment conducts live-fire gunnery qualification (U.S Army photo by Sgt Mason Cutrer)

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An M1A2 tank crew with the 116th Cavalry Regiment conducts live-fire gunnery qualification (U.S Army photo by Sgt Mason Cutrer)

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On Technology, Military History and the “Actualities of War”

Tyler Fox — Sat, 02 Apr 2022 15:13:25 +0000

War, by its very nature, pits one society’s – one culture’s – mechanical machinery against another in a contest of wills. In 2022, we are told that this is happening at an ever-accelerating pace with the coming of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. For warfare, this age has brought about the harnessing of cutting-edge technology for the purpose of making war; most prevalent today are the utilization of drones and other unmanned systems, with more innovation on the horizon.

Soldiers don the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) technology while mounted in a Stryker in Joint Base Lewis-McCord, WA. (Photo Credit: Courtney Bacon)

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PS Magazine Monthly Roll-up

Steve Reeves — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 00:53:21 +0000

January 2022

Here are the articles that were published on the PS Magazine website the month of January 2022.

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Successful Sustainment

Dan Kinney — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 00:55:05 +0000

Logistics 101

It’s Summer 2019 at the 25th Infantry Division’s Lightning Academy. I report to the 40-foot tower for my hollywood-style rappel. A Staff Sergeant affectionately known as “Air Assault Sergeant,” calls me forward to his line atop the tower. I sound off with a loud and thunderous “right hand brake hand,” and step forward. He inspects the stitching on my gloves and my rappel seat, finishing with the instructions of “hook in.” I get into position and while assessing me, he asks what I do. “I’m a logistician Air Assault Sergeant,” I say. He turns to the other instructor shouting, “this kid says he only eats vegetables.” They both laugh. From that day forward, I have continued to reflect on the unique relationship between logisticians and our customers of whom we support.

The United States Army and Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI-AD Indonesia Armed Forces) conduct a two-week joint exercise, Garuda Shield 21.

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