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  2. United States Army Special Forces selection and training

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    Phase 2 of the SFQC focuses on language and culture. During Phase 2, soldiers receive basic special-operations language training in the language assigned to them at the completion of Special Forces Assessment and Selection. Languages are divided into four categories based on their degree of difficulty for native speakers of English.

  3. Point shooting - Wikipedia

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    Side view of handgun point shooting position. Point shooting (also known as target-[1] or threat-focused shooting, [2] intuitive shooting, instinctive shooting, subconscious tactical shooting, or hipfiring) is a practical shooting method where the shooter points a ranged weapon (typically a repeating firearm) at a target without relying on the use of sights to aim.

  4. Shooting competitions for factory and service firearms

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    The Production division in IPSC, USPSA and other practical shooting disciplines, where handguns used must be listed in a type approval list. [7]The Standard class (F/TR) in ICFRA F-Class long range shooting, where the ammunition must be one of the type approved cartridges 7.62mm NATO or 5.56mm NATO.

  5. United States Practical Shooting Association - Wikipedia

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    For more than 30 years the sport has served as the test bed for new products and the unofficial R&D for the firearms industry. With some competitors annually shooting in excess of 100,000 rounds, no other venue offers a better in-service assessment of a firearm's performance or the brutal gauntlet of high-level competition through which a gun ...

  6. XM17 Modular Handgun System competition - Wikipedia

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    XM17-XM18 Modular Handgun, a pistol built out of SIG Sauer P320. Glock 19X proposed by Glock Ges.m.b.H. Beretta M9 service pistol, the incumbent model. The XM17 Modular Handgun System (MHS) competition was a United States Army and United States Air Force competition for a new service pistol.

  7. United States Military Academy Preparatory School - Wikipedia

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    The United States Military Academy Preparatory School (USMAPS) is a preparatory school for the United States Military Academy (USMA). Located in West Point, New York since 2011, its mission is "to provide academic, military and physical instruction in a moral-ethical military environment to prepare and motivate candidates for success at the United States Military Academy".

  8. Joint Service Small Arms Program - Wikipedia

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    The Smith & Wesson 459A was performing at 1,952 and the Beretta at 2,000. This caused controversy since the new M1911A1 pistol had achieved 6000 rounds previously. The Air Force was testing guns from existing inventory. Some observers of the test record believe that defective magazines were the reason for the M1911A1's poor performance.

  9. Gunsite Academy - Wikipedia

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    Industry and media representatives checking out new pistols on pistol range 2. On December 10, 1999, the school was sold to a new owner, Buz Mills, himself a graduate of Orange Gunsite, whereupon it was renamed "Gunsite Academy". [3] [12] The instruction at the school returned to that of the modern technique as taught by Cooper. [13]