Any policy letters which apply to the whole ACO should always be under the TG Letters section of the Controlled Documents Site. We know this does’t always happen, but we do know that the person who’s taking over as ACCSATT Quality Manager has plans to drastically improve the way in which shooting-related documentation is organised and, more importantly, promulgated.
On the subject of Marksmanship Awards, some work was undertaken last year to re-jig the marksmanship syllabus and introduce a series of LFMT lessons in the same vein as those in AOSP. This was put on hold when multi-positional shooting was introduced, as it’s having a big impact on the CISSAM competition shoots, which would form a part of the LFMT syllabus for the L98 and LSW.
The regular forces derive their syllabus of LFMT lessons from a defined Operational Requirement for marksmanship. Once the required standard is defined, a syllabus is designed which, on completion, allows a soldier or airman to meet that standard.
For the cadet forces, the closest equivalent to an ‘operational requirement’ is a high score in the inter-service competitions at CISSAM and ISCRM, and the equivalent competitions for small-bore shooting. The current intention is to use these competitions as an ‘end-point’ and design a progressive syllabus to meet them. As with the AOSP lessons, each lesson would have a performance standard which, if met, allows the cadet to progress to the next lesson. One idea discussed was the awarding of marksman badges on completion of certain parts of the syllabus - a cadet might gain his Squadron marksman badge on successful completion of LF lesson 3, for instance, and his Wing badge on completion of LF 5. Higher-level badges such as the Corps marksman could be awarded on completion of a cadet equivalent of the ACMT.
Having said all that, we’re acutely aware that such a system such might introduce enormous complexity into the job of organising wing-based LFMT. What happens if you have a bunch of cadets arrive at a Wing Shoot at varying stages in the syllabus?
As we said, work on this has largely been put on hold, although we know that the Shooting Development Team (SDT) are doing some work where this relates to small/fullbore target rifle shooting. We’d not expect work to begin again until early 2015 and when it does, rest assured that there’ll be some form of consultation period before any massive changes are made to the marksmanship syllabus.
On the subject of safety goggles, I’m afraid that’s outside our area of expertise.
Bolle are cheaper at about £35…
