It's Table I Week for the recruits. Shooting, shooting, and more shooting. Parents are praying that their recruit doesn't get the "Pizza Box" which is the square medal that says "Marksman." Of course, this isn't the week to really be praying about that since the scores recruits get this week are combined with those they will get in Week 7 with Table II.
According to a group I follow, the USMC changed the rifle qualification around 2005 and added an alternate course of fire that is closer to a combat-oriented environment. There are still traditional rifle qualifications which follow the following scoring:
Traditional Rifle Qualification
- 220 - 250 Expert
- 210 - 219 Sharpshooter
- 190 - 209 Marksman
- 180 - 0 Unqualified
Failure to attain the minimum score of 190 in boot camp gets you recycled. Failure to attain the minimum score in the fleet makes you non-promotable and non-deployable. The new course tests accuracy an dexterity by having them fire short controlled bursts at targets that more resemble what they could encounter in today's threats around the world. Sores from the rifle qualification, and then the new course qualification, are combined to come up with the scores listed as Table 2.
Rifle Scoring
- 250 - 279 Marksman
- 280 - 304 Sharpshooter
- 305 - 350 Expert
Table 1 Firing Week - Maximum score =250 (Traditional Rifle Range)
BWT/Table 2 Firing - Maximum score = 100 (Field Fire)
There is a minimum required score for each table, but the overall score will determine which shooting badge (medal) they have earned.
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