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I don’t know. Please enlighten us. My district has JROTC and high schools have air rifle teams. A 2013 graduate competed on the 2016 and 2021 Olympic Games.
We shot 513T and 40X in .22 caliber.
So, A and B. A: Calming mind and body to put rounds on target is an excellent mechanism to teach anger and perhaps impulse control.
B: Was Marksmanship taught to the entire JROTC unit.....or just those on the team? In my time, it was to the entire unit......and Rifle Team was used as line instructors.
Finally, tell me, would years of shooting an air gun give the same life time training as shooting .22 so one could easily adapt to firing the M-14/AR-10 standing at their effective ranges (in excess of 100 yards)? If so, I am impressed.
So, A and B. A: Calming mind and body to put rounds on target is an excellent mechanism to teach anger and perhaps impulse control.
B: Was Marksmanship taught to the entire JROTC unit.....or just those on the team? In my time, it was to the entire unit......and Rifle Team was used as line instructors.
Finally, tell me, would years of shooting an air gun give the same life time training as shooting .22 so one could easily adapt to firing the M-14/AR-10 standing at their effective ranges (in excess of 100 yards)? If so, I am impressed.
You wrote, “My High School had that! It was known as JROTC and marksmanship...”, which seemed to allude that these are no longer in high schools. I simply pointed out that JROTC still exists. I’m not going to pretend to know the details of instruction within JROTC, but marksmanship is a part of the program. Does an air rifle team, particularly a member that has risen to Olympic caliber, not practice the calming of mind and body, impulse and anger control?
Nothing in your previous post supports or explains your statement that we “all know” how the modern world feels about marksmanship and JROTC.
You wrote, “My High School had that! It was known as JROTC and marksmanship...”, which seemed to allude that these are no longer in high schools. I simply pointed out that JROTC still exists. I’m not going to pretend to know the details of instruction within JROTC, but marksmanship is a part of the program. Does an air rifle team, particularly a member that has risen to Olympic caliber, not practice the calming of mind and body, impulse and anger control?
Nothing in your previous post supports or explains your statement that we “all know” how the modern world feels about marksmanship and JROTC.
This is a case where both statements are true. Yes, JROTC still exists. Both our kids did it. And yes there is a lot of our modern world that doesn't like that. We know from direct experience.
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Originally Posted by TamaraSavannah
We shot 513T and 40X in .22 caliber.
So, A and B. A: Calming mind and body to put rounds on target is an excellent mechanism to teach anger and perhaps impulse control.
B: Was Marksmanship taught to the entire JROTC unit.....or just those on the team? In my time, it was to the entire unit......and Rifle Team was used as line instructors.
Finally, tell me, would years of shooting an air gun give the same life time training as shooting .22 so one could easily adapt to firing the M-14/AR-10 standing at their effective ranges (in excess of 100 yards)? If so, I am impressed.
Yes, they adapt just fine. Two anecdotes. Oldest, while still in JROTC, was one of the kids from her school assigned to escort some political DVs visiting the town. One of the stops was the local National Guard range. The instructor set up the DV who my oldest was escorting and then set up my oldest. He turned back to help the DV who was struggling and had to support her to keep the proper end pointed down range. She fired a couple times, then put it down. When the instructor then turned back to my oldest he asked if she needed anything. She answered "another mag." Next story is shorter. After transitioning from JROTC to US Army, our youngest qualified as Expert with the M4.
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