Word: marksmanship
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have characterized basic training till now. Along with their green fatigues, recruits are issued laminated plastic "merit cards" on which their instructors can punch up to 50 points a week and 80 during the final week of basic to reward them for their performance in inspections, physical-fitness tests, marksmanship and other military skills. The points can be cashed in for privileges; 30 points win a trainee a weekend movie, 80 a Sunday off post, and 150 a weekend pass. Recruits are also represented, along with their commanding officers and noncoms, on a company trainee council that meets every...
...simple: hold fire. Except to stop snipers, shooting to kill can rarely be justified. Even then, the Army, National Guard units and police departments instruct their men to first locate the source of the sniper fire, and to return it only by the pinpoint, one-shot-at-a-time marksmanship of a trained rifleman. Laying down a fusillade, Army military police are told, "accomplishes nothing constructive and creates hostility among innocent bystanders," even if none are wounded or killed. A sniper can often be silenced by surrounding his position and forcing him out with tear...