A New Training Path: Maximizing LFXs Rather than Culminating with Them

Training Circular (TC) 7-9, Infantry Live-Fire Training, directs that force-on-force training and live-fire training must be coupled and that while force-on-force trains realistic actions, live fire trains marksmanship.2 Field Manual (FM) 7-0, Training, directs situational training exercises as prer...

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Published inInfantry (Online) Vol. 111; no. 2; pp. 34 - 36
Main Author Spinney, Gerard T
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Fort Benning Infantry Magazine 01.07.2022
Subjects
Ammunition
Military personnel
Military training
Rural areas
Training
Urban areas
Weapon systems
Weapons
United States > US
Iraq
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Summary:Training Circular (TC) 7-9, Infantry Live-Fire Training, directs that force-on-force training and live-fire training must be coupled and that while force-on-force trains realistic actions, live fire trains marksmanship.2 Field Manual (FM) 7-0, Training, directs situational training exercises as prerequisites to live-fire exercises. TC 3-20.0, Integrated Weapons Training Strategy, describes six sequential live-fire training progression tables.3 It states that Table III of the integrated weapons training strategy consists of STX, while LFXs do not start until Tables V and VI.4 Both FM 7-0 and TC 3-20.0 direct infantry units to conduct lane training during STX before performing live-fire exercises. Whether in a rural, wooded, or urban area, LFXs allow Infantry Soldiers to apply their marksmanship fundamentals while also learning their weapon system's limitations. Writing from experience as a former infantry rifle company commander, many Soldiers develop poor marksmanship habits when much of their weapons training takes place during STX.