Foreign Weapons Course Army

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Foreign weapons course army. On day 3 i had a rare opportunity to live fire a dshk dush kah which is a russian produced heavy machine gun. Foreign weapons is a course designed for military and civilian personnel with a need to understand or teach the application of weapons most often employed by forces outside the united states. Ibs delivers competent and confident commanders for the field army by running command and leadership training infantry tactics training weapons training and live firing range qualifications. The weapons include the ak 47 rifle glock pistol pkm machine gun rpk rpd krinkov svd rifle rpg and the makarov pistol.

Uniformed victim advocate. The foreign weapons instructor course fwic aboard marine corps base quantico va was designed to ensure marine unit s pre deployment training included familiarity of foreign weapon systems. Foreign weapons familiarization course members of chapter 54 of the special forces association sfa recently attended a foreign weapons familiarization course in ayer massachusetts adjacent to the area of the former fort devens. The army training requirements and resources system under school code 331 and course title sfa foreign weapons the sfafwc can support up to 30 classes per fiscal year with 30 students per class for a total throughput of 900 students.

Central to the campus are the command headquarters building bryant hall. M02kyc9 fwic welcome aboard 15 jul 2019. Fwic instructor 703 784 0048. For more information about the sfafwc contact the 4th battalion s3 at 910 432 6460.

Day 3 of the bhi foreign weapons course was all about machine guns big dangerous looking soviet machine guns. First to ensure that our soldiers are prepared when serving as advisers or as part of a training team tasked with enabling foreign forces such as the afghan national army or iraqi national police to become more professional. Weapons training battalion quantico va. Marines of all backgrounds train at the school house and on the range in a variety of different foreign weapons.

The foreign weapons training is a familiarization course on the russian dshk heavy machine gun russian pkm machine gun belgian fn fal light battle rifle russian svd dragunov in addition to. Army special operations center of excellence facilities main campus. The nco academy and warrant officer institute located in kennedy hall and the 1 st special warfare training group airborne. Blackheart international offers the only hands on live fire instruction for heavy foreign weapons in the united states.

Foreign weapons familiarization course 2017 hosted by chapter 54 special forces association in june 2017 photo by author. The main socoe campus is located in the heart of fort bragg. Foreign weapons instructor course. It also provides specialist training teams to assist foreign forces in their development and allocates some places on courses to overseas students.