Photo By Sgt. Brian Johnson | Soldiers from the Chillicothe based 1194th Engineer Company qualify with their M16A2...... read more read more
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio – Members of the 1194th Engineer Company based out of Chillicothe did their annual weapons qualification May 13 and 14 at Camp Sherman with soldiers from central and southern Ohio.
National Guard units from Tarlton, Portsmouth, and Wooster as well as the Recruiting and Retention Command were among those that participated in this two day event.
During weapons qualification, everyone, no matter what their job title, gets a chance to fire and qualify with their assigned weapons. This allows a soldier to stay familiar with their weapon if they are ever called into wartime service.
While weapon’s qualification is an annual event for soldiers, this year’s was more unique than usual. Not only did the local soldiers from the 1194th qualify on their assigned weapons, they also helped to supervise the qualification of soldiers from four other National Guard units.
Weapons qualification consists of a soldier trying to hit at least 23 targets out of 40 within a certain amount of time with their M16 rifle and 40 allowed shots. As easy as this sounds, the targets are of a varying distance, from 50 meters to 300 meters.
The soldiers must shoot 20 shots from a supported position, 10 shots from an unsupported position, and 10 shots kneeling.
Nearly 300 soldiers had participated with the range over the course of two days.
“Some of our younger soldiers got a chance to learn how to efficiently run a firing range,” said Sgt. Otto Barr from Jackson.
Barr explained that safety was a top priority for the soldiers on the range.
“Once on the range, every three to four soldiers were assigned a range safety and coach. We worked with them on weapons fundamentals,” explained Barr.
First. Lt. Scott Ross, the commander of the 1194th, said that the end result of the ranges was a 100% pass rate.
“Because of our platoon leadership and planning process, we were able to have such a success rate,” said Ross. “We are stacked in efficiency and experience in running ranges. I wasn’t surprised to see that we got everyone through in such an efficient manner.”
| Date Taken: | 05.14.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 03.14.2012 22:09 |
| Story ID: | 85263 |
| Location: | CAMP SHERMAN, OHIO, US |
| Hometown: | JACKSON, OHIO, US |
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