OMMS advanced rifle marksmanship training: the Ordnance Mechanical Maintenance School developed a program to improve soldiers' marksmanship skills.(Ordnance Mechanical Maintenance School)

In early 2010, Lieutenant General Mark Hertling, the deputy commanding general for initial military training (IMT) of the Army Training and Doctrine Command, addressed IMT commanders in an effort to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the advanced individual training (AIT) currently provided at each site. One of the key areas that General Hertling addressed was the need to develop and implement a more attainable set of warrior tasks and battle drills while continuing to ensure that the standards remained consistent for all Soldiers receiving training at the various AIT sites.

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Training commands have had a difficult time keeping pace with the high operating tempo and constant changes in enemy tactics, techniques and procedures in Iraq and Afghanistan. The introduction of new equipment like the mine resistant ambush protected vehicles …