(One characteristic aspect of Special Forces that potential future guerrillas need to recognize the importance of is the ability to take the raw material of willing recruits to the resistance and train them to be combat effective. While every American male considers themselves to be a cosmopolitan blend of Carlos Hathcock, Buffalo Bill, and Daniel Morgan, all rolled into one fine piece of American marksmanship, the reality is, the vast majority of American gun-owners are pretty lousy marksmen under combat field conditions. The ability of the future resistance cadre to develop the willing material into a capable gunfighter will be instrumental in continuing the fight over the duration.
The following article is a fundamental outline I utilize when teaching close-quarters combat marksmanship to aspiring gunfighters. It is based largely on the doctrine of the 1st Special Warfare Training Group of the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Training Center and School at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, as well as the methods used by me personally as an 18B when tasked with teaching foreign national personnel to utilize their personal weapons more efficiently.
While this particular POI focuses on close-quarters marksmanship, inside of 200 yards, in recognition of the need to “hug the enemy's belt and punch from the inside,” it is not intended to suggest that my aforementioned emphasis on being able to engage hostiles from 0-500 yards is any less valid.
It is not a set-in-stone type of POI outline. It is one SF soldier's interpretation, based on experiences in irregular warfare, of what the critical skills are to run a rifle and sidearm in combat. Use what you like, discard the rest. --J.M.)
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