Night fire, chem attack shooting, no more ‘alibis': What you need to know about new Army shooting...

Thank you, my friend CW5 Jack Cardwell for posting the news from Army Times. “TC 3-20.40, Training and Qualification-Individual Weapons,” marksmanship experts are "overhauling the shooting training system" … "to improve marksmanship for both combat and non-combat arms soldiers across the ranks."
"Soldiers have a year from October to learn and practice these new drills for a new qualification, which will begin in October 2020.
There are two big changes — qualifying at night and under simulated chemical attack. And while shooters have long used barricades and shot from standing positions, now they’ll be graded on those portions as well to qualify."

These changes make sense to me. The 14 month train-up period will allow the trainers and "experts" to work through the best way to train and finalize the standards IMHO.

FYI MSG (Join to see) SGT Mark Rhodes SGT Jim Arnold SSgt Terry P. SFC (Join to see) MSG Andrew White Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. SGT James Murphy SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL Maj Robert Thornton SGT Steve McFarland SGT Mark Anderson SGT Philip Roncari SGT (Join to see) SPC Elijah J. Henry, MBA SSG(P) (Join to see) SSG(P) James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4"

I don’t have a problem with these new weapon qualifications standards. Nice share.

I'll leave comments to our Army folks, but if it's as good as it sounds bet the concept shows up in the Air Force as well.