EFFECTS OF 'QUICK KILL' UPON TRAINEE CONFIDENCE AND ATTITUDES

• NCJ Number: 15894
• Author(s): J A OLMSTEAD
• Date Published: 1968
• Length: 50 pages
• Contract Number(s): DA 44-188-ARO-2
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of the Army
• Corporate Author: Human Resources Research Organization
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DETERMINED THAT QUICK KILL TRAINING INCREASES TRAINEE CONFIDENCE AND POSITIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD BASIC RIFLE MARKSMANSHIP TRAINING.

Abstract

QUICK KILL TRAINING IS DEFINED AS A METHOD FOR TEACHING A PERSON TO ENGAGE A TARGET WITHOUT FIRST ALIGNING THE SIGHTS OF HIS WEAPON. THE STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF QUICK KILL TRAINING ON THE CONFIDENCE OF BASIC COMBAT TRAINEES AND ON THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARD VARIOUS PHASES OF BASIC RIFLE MARKSMANSHIP (BRM), AND TO LEARN DRILL SERGEANTS' OPINIONS OF QUICK KILL. GROUPS HAVING QUICK KILL IN THEIR BMR TRAINING WERE COMPARED TO THOSE WHO DID NOT HAVE IT. TRAINEES WERE ADMINISTERED PRE- AND POST-TRAINING QUESTIONNAIRES ON ATTITUDES TOWARD BRM AND QUICK KILL TRAINING, AND TOWARD FIRING THE SERVICE WEAPON. SUBJECTS WERE 824 BASIC TRAINEES AT FIVE U.S. ARMY TRAINING CENTERS. IT WAS FOUND THAT BRM WITH QUICK KILL INCREASED TRAINEE CONFIDENCE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN BRM ALONE RELATIVE TO FIRING THE SERVICE WEAPON. IN MOST INSTANCES, QUICK KILL TRAINEES REPORTED MORE FAVORABLE ATTITUDES TOWARD THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF BRM TRAINING AND TOWARD QUICK KILL ITSELF. DRILL SERGEANTS IN GENERAL VIEWED IT FAVORABLE AS TO EFFICIENCY AND CONFIDENCE BUILDING QUALITIES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)