Talk:Marksmanship badges (United States)

message: Removed reference to 300-point system for Marine Corps rifle qualifications, it is now based on a 65-point "hit or miss" system.  Added point ranges for particular qualifications.  Added information on competition badges for Marine Corps uniforms.  Marine competition badges may be good fodder for a future article. 
Reference for competition badges: http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/mcub/library/MCUR/URCH5.htm#ur5500 .  
---Uhlek 10JUN05
Where does the shape of the Weapons Qualification Badge come from?
Was the original version an award for shooting down imperial German aircraft?
--62.104.218.83 18:42, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

message: It appears this was only created with current references. My father was rated "expert with M-1" circa 1943. No mention of the US Army ratings history.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr. Dale (talk • contribs) 17:44, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Stan, unfortunately, we will need a more official historical reference than the word of an honored veteran.  According to the U.S. Army's Institute of Heraldry (TIOH), the historical qualification clasps listed on this page are correct.  The "TD 57 mm" was added in 1944 (after your father qualified) and there is no mention of a "Small Bore" qualification clasp; the only small bores listed are "Small Bore Pistol," "Small Bore Rifle," and "Small Bore MG."  If there is a better historical reference than the TIOH, please provide it and make the appropriate corrections.  Just remember to site all your official references so we don't "undo" your edits. --McChizzle (talk) 00:46, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lacks any historical (Korean/WWII/WWI) references  

message: Does anyone have information on when the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Silver and Gold Elementary Excellence-in-Competition (EIC) Badges and Gold EIC Badges stopped being awarded?  I have found Air Force Instructions (AFI) on the EIC program dating back to 1997 and none of them mention these badges.  However, the National Air and Space Museum website has some Silver Elementary Rifle EIC Badges, Gold Elementary Rifle EIC Badges, Gold Rifle EIC Badges, Silver Elementary Pistol EIC Badges, Gold Elementary Pistol EIC Badges, and Gold Pistol EIC Badges; which were provided by the Air Force Personnel Center.  This tells me that these badges were once awarded to USAF competition shooters.  I just can't find any documentation discussing when these badges stopped being awarded to Airman (current AFI on EIC Program: AFI34-143). --McChizzle (talk) 21:27, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Historical USAF EIC Badges 

message: Expert, Sharpshooter, Marksman......all good but the order they are listed makes this seem like Expert is the lesser award. There appears to be no indication of which order these are awarded in. Can someone clarify and edit accordingly?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.208.193.12 (talk) 14:03, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Done, thanks for the advise. --McChizzle (talk) 02:37, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Qualification Level 

message: Have heard the Marksman grade called the ‘bolo’ badge; seems to be disparaging. On the other hand, have seen ‘bolo’ used to just describe the badge, regardless of grade, no disparagement meant ( I think). Where does this term come from?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C7:E284:CF00:A056:C912:67FA:6FAD (talk) 02:10, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: When I served in the US Army, "bolo" was used to describe someone who did not qualify—they did not meet the minimum requirements of marksman—and needed to requalify in order to be considered deployable. --McChizzle (talk) 02:31, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Bolo

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message: Hi all,
Although this article appears to be consistently and well referenced, all the citations are bundled up at the end of each paragraph. This is confusing when a reader is trying to work out which reference supports a particular statement, and runs counter to MOS:CITEPUNCT which states "All ref tags should immediately follow the text to which the footnote applies".
Is there a particular reason the article has been cited in this fashion?
I propose that references start being moved to the relevant locations for readability per MOS. Since some references are used more than 10-15 times, they could also be moved directly into the reflist (WP:LDR) to reduce inline clutter and make editing easier. Hemmers (talk) 10:51, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
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