Photo By Capt. Cody Stagner | U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Denise N. Peele practices sighting a target during a...... read more read more
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JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. - Before getting sand in their boots or sending bullets down range, getting to know their assigned weapon is a top priority for deploying service members at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.
Whether you use iron sights or red dot sights, preliminary marksmanship instruction is crucial to the development of basic marksmanship skills, which is a basic necessity for service members of all five branches.
“Regardless of branch, we treat all as if we are going down range with them,” said Army Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Rivera, an expert marksman and noncommissioned officer in charge of PMI training and mobilization assistance trainer for the 1st Battalion, 314th Infantry.
“We intend to give them the best training they can possibly get,” he said.
On May 15, Rivera instructed more than 40 service members from the Army, Air Force and Navy in preparation for future deployments to Afghanistan and other contingency operations.
“Learning to fire the M4 is a new experience for me,” said Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Denise Peele, an administrative specialist from Alameda Naval Air Station, Alameda, Calif.
The sailor is familiar with pistols and shotguns, the Navy requirements for basic riflemen skills.
“We have to qualify on the 9 mm and shotgun for the Navy,” she said. “So, this experience really underestimated my need for knowledge. I have never touched a rifle like this before this deployment.”
But it’s the basic fundamentals that Rivera says allows for service members to pick up any weapon and hit targets.
“Preliminary marksmanship instruction focuses on the four fundamentals of marksmanship – learning how to steady your fighting position, using correct aiming techniques, breathing properly and squeezing the trigger,” he said.
Teaching the same fundamentals, across the service branches is what ensures the U.S. remains an elite fighting force, according to Peele.
“Over there, it’s one team and one fight,” she said.
| Date Taken: | 05.15.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 05.16.2013 21:55 |
| Story ID: | 107083 |
| Location: | JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, NJ, US |
| Hometown: | ALAMEDA, CA, US |
| Hometown: | JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, NJ, US |
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