Identifying the Method for Effective Combat Marksmanship Training

utilizing the Marine Corps Indoor Simulation Marksmanship Trainer

(ISMT).Gabriel Diaz

Capt / USMC

Email: gddiaz@nps.edu

ISMTGeneral

Can a training/ instructional technique be identified that can enhance marksmanship skills while using the Marine Corps' Indoor simulated Marksmanship Trainer?

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Can the Indoor Simulation Marksmanship Trainer (ISMT) be used as an effective part-task trainer to improve performance for acquiring and engaging targets of the Table 1 course of fire on the Marine Corps Known Distance (KD) Rifle Range Qualification Course?

Study Goal

Provide identifiers that assist instructors to focus on a shooter's weak points that prevent them from reaching proficient levels of marksmanship.

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OBJECTIVES: Improve marksmanship skills

acquisition/sustainment by developing automated assistance capability for coaches and students.

Demonstrate the utility of a generalized training system model that links performance monitoring to customized training interventions with predictable training transfer

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Detailed Technical Approach

• Project alignment with Willful Intent

2010 Thrust Area Technical Review

Performance Monitoring & Sensing

CustomizedTraining

Interventions

Improved Training

Effectiveness Evaluation

Mechanics of basic marksmanship automatically acquired, assessed and reported to the instructor/coach. Multiple sensors integrated with coaching software to decrease time of evaluation, increase student throughput and adaptable to different learning environments (live fire, simulation).

The system and coaching software can move between live fire and simulation we have an end to end training framework that will also allow long term tracking of marksmanship problems (which skills they repeatedly have problems with).

Working in conjunction with other performers we are working to provide marksmanship data that will support the development of a military taxonomy of work and in return develop a systematic TEE for this study.

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Sensor System Based Technique

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Sensor System Based Technique

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Q & A

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References

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Becker, W. Dr. PHD. (2010) Marine Corps Small Arms and Marksmanship Training: Thrust Technical Review. Office of Naval Research.http://192.156.19.109/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/main5/B3675F81F4EE4260852574080070285B?opendocument

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