Raymond Miller

Raymond Miller is the former Small Arms Master Gunner of the 82nd Airborne Division. He is leveraging his operational experience training soldiers in Weapons Mastery to address Human Systems Integration issues for the United States Army.

Formatting cells in Excel for a Weapons Mastery Data Tracker

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  For Training Tuesday, we are continuing our series on how to create range reports you can use to identify trends in your marksmanship program using Microsoft Excel. The benefit to this is, it can show trends over time for an organization. All it takes is learning how to manipulate Excel. Today, we will specifically … Read more

Muscle Relaxation, Natural Point of Aim, and Recoil Management for Stable Pistol Shooting

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For Manual Monday, we are continuing our discussion on creating a stable platform for the pistol. Specifically, we will be addressing the role muscle relaxation, Natural Point of Aim, and Recoil Management play in creating a stable platform.  Discussing all elements of the shot process for the pistol is a vital discussion, as the XM17 … Read more

External Ballistics Part II

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  For Walkthrough Wednesday, we are continuing our discussion on External Ballistics. Understanding External Ballistics will allow us to engage targets better at varying distances by knowing where it is in relation to our line of sight or more commonly, our point of aim. When dealing with external ballistics there are a few misconceptions that … Read more

Fossil Friday: The ALT-C Qualification

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For Friday, were going to discuss a new topic: Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures that are obsolete or fossilized. This week’s Fossil Friday topic is the 25 meter scaled target qualification, or ALT-C. References for this discussion are TC 3-22.9, change 1 dated January 2017, and the Draft Integrated Weapons Training Strategy (TC 3-20.0) TC 3-22.9, … Read more

The M68 Close Combat Optic

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For Tactics, Techniques and Procedures Thursday, we are continuing our discussion on optics. Specifically, we will be discussing the M68 Close Combat Optic, or CCO. The reference for this is TM 9-1240-413-13P dated may 2013, and TC 3-22.9, Change 1 dated January 2017 The close combat optic (CCO), M68 is a non-telescopic (unmagnified) reflex sight … Read more

External Ballistics Terms:

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For Walk through Wednesday, we are continuing our discussion on ballistics. Specifically we will be talking about external ballistics. The reference for this discussion is TC 3-22.9, change 1 dated January 2017. External ballistics is the study of the projectile from the time it exits the barrel to the moment before it impacts the target, … Read more