Marksmanship is an essential skill for operational deployment and some consequence management activities. Many National Guard men/women struggle with marksmanship. Marksmanship training is critical to creating competent and confident soldiers/airmen. Annual rifle qualification and engagement skills training focus on assessing/scoring soldier skills, and measuring unit participation in the events rather than teaching basic marksmanship. OPTEMPO funding needed for these events is huge, yet the actual individual training value is minimal. Units/armories need inexpensive, easy to use marksmanship training capabilities which predict qualification outcomes, and prescribe dry-fire training which improves shooter mechanics.

New marksmanship training capabilities support new Army rifle qualification; diagnose shooter weaknesses; provide remedial training for shooter-specific weaknesses; and predict qualification outcomes.

Unit commanders need marksmanship training tools at the armory, State Marksmanship Teams, Air Guard CATM elements and state training sites which provide realistic, measurable dry-fire and live fire training. In addition, these tools must support developing marksmanship coaching kills within the NCO/SNCO ranks. The capability should support at least four concurrent shooters/users in both dry-fire and live-fire modes. The shooter/user data should be available to a Coach/CATM workstation "real time" to enable immediate support. The capability should support both Army and Air Force marksmanship training doctrine. The capability should support the introduction of Augmented Reality to enhance training bridge to more challenging Weapon Skills Development; Use of Force and Squad/Team Close Quarters Battle training. The capability should be highly mobile/transportable and should be easy to set up and operate. The capability should work effectively at Home Station; State Training Sites; on the flight line; and, on the Range.