Overview

Marksmanship builds confident leaders, maturity, discipline, and self-awareness. Shooting sports increase competition, open up opportunities for scholarships, and serve as vocational training for first responders including law enforcement, security, and military. This year, the Marksmanship course will focus on smallbore rifle qualification and earning the Marksmanship Badge. In addition, cadets will familiarize with other available weapons such as shotguns, rifles, archery, and air rifles. Safety, as always in marksmanship, is of top importance. Cadets engage in academic and technical instruction that focuses on awareness, and skilled preparation in the proper handling and use or air rifles and firearms. Firearm Safety will be the most important topic to learn along with knowledge and skills learned and applied at the range, range etiquette, and fundamental based instruction in the use of firearms, all presented by professionals in the shooting industry and SLOSW personnel. Graduates of previous Marksmanship courses are invited to apply for Advanced Marksmanship.

Prerequisites for Basic Marksmanship

• Completion of Leadership Encampment
• Must have a GPA of 2.0 or higher
• Completed 8th grade
• Parental ‘Minor Waiver’ for shooting
• Cadets taking psychoactive drugs may not participate
• Commandant Endorsement

Cadets will be evaluated in the following categories:

• Display and demonstration of the Cadet Corps Core Values & the Cadet Corps Honor Code
• Ethical & Professional Conduct and Communication
• Motivation, Enthusiasm & Esprit de Corps
• Comprehension of subjects taught during the course Firearm safety, safe firearm handling, proper range etiquette, proper application of shooting instructions presented by the instructors.

Advanced Marksmanship Unit

Advanced Marksmanship will include a biathlon type course, a couple rounds of trap shooting, and a more Olympic style targets and course of fire.
Prerequisites:
Must have completed the Basic or previously offered Intermediate Marksmanship course

Point of Contact

LTC Terry Baker, terry.baker@cacadets.org