2 FORT CARSON, Colo – Soldiers of the U.S. Army Reserve 2nd Space Battalion, 1st Space Brigade, the Army’s only Reserve space battalion, tested the Army’s new rifle marksmanship standards that cuts time to shoot, introduces magazine and shooting position drills, and throws in a barricade to shoot through and lean against.
It was the battalion’s first time shooting on the new standards, geared to simulate more realistic combat shooting.
“It was definitely a learning process,” said Maj. David Rossheim, commander of 6th Space Company, 2nd Space Battalion. “However, I believe the new qualification table is a much better representation of the skills that Soldiers need to develop with their assigned weapon and a positive step towards increasing Soldier proficiency with the M4 (rifle). The inclusion of changing positions and active reloading into the qualification are the types of actions that Soldiers will need to execute down range.”