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Sgt Wayne Fitzgerald spoke to
some of the students and to Cav
Sch Sgt Major to get their views on
the courses:
RaNge saFety supeRvisORs
cOuRse stuDeNts:
"This course leads up to the AFV Range
Managers Course which I hope to complete
in September. But before that I have to
complete a prerequisite Small Arms Range
Managers Course, which is being conduct-
ed by my home unit 2 Cav Sqn."
sgt william mahon, 2 Cav Sqn, 18-years
service with 5 trips overseas: Lebanon (3),
Liberia and Chad.
"I have completed a MOWAG Instructor
and Driver Instructor Courses and have the
All Arms Standard NCOs course done and
hope to complete the Infantry Standard
NCOs course later this year. We had two
infantry variant MOWAG APCs with their
12.7 and 7.62 GPMGs and 66mm grenade
discharges mounted on each."
cpl kevin halligan, 1 Mech Coy, 11-years
service with 3 trips overseas: Kosovo, Chad
and Liberia.
aFv RaNge maNageRs cOuRse stuDeNts:
"I joined the 6 Inf Bn in 2011 as general
service and then completed a cadetship
in 2012-2014 and was posted to 1 Mech.
This course helps make my involvement
in 1 Mech much easier, I can now plan and
organise our shoots in our own way. It has
also exposed me to the capabilities of the
Cavalry variant MOWAG and the LTAV."
Lt Daniel graham, 1 Mech Coy, 5-years service
"I completed my cadetship in 2011-2012.
I am an LTAV Instructor and completed
this course to raise the standards of our
unit training plan. We got to use different
weapon platforms and experience their dif-
ferences. With this course we can arrange
our own exercises including MREs and have
developed a greater progressing aptitude to
LFTT across all armour capabilities."
Lt Johnny holmes, 6 Inf Bn, 5-years service
"The cavalry variant MOWAG is fitted with
a stabilisation platform, which allows the
vehicle to maintain the same point of aim
while firing on the move over undulating
terrain – the infantry variant does not and
must use a fire and manoeuvre tactic."
sgt major keith caffrey, Cav Sch, DFTC
22-years service, with 7 trips overseas: Leba-
non (4) Kosovo, Liberia and Afghanistan
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