Marksmanship training aid

1. A marksmanship training system, the system comprising:

a sensor assembly adapted to be coupled to a firearm and to acquire motion data during live operation by a firearm operator;

memory operable to store data from the sensor and instructions;

a processor, according to the instructions, adapted to:

detect a firearm firing event based on output provided by the sensor assembly;

use the firing event to pretrigger recording of output provided by the sensor assembly before the firing event

analyze the pretriggered motion data to determine firing control actions performed by a firearm operator;

generate, shortly after the firing event, a user interface comprising information describing the firing control actions; and

generate a user interface that provides corrective action after the firing event for inappropriate firing control actions.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a display to present results of a firearm firing event to a firearm operator.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the display is integrated with the motion sensor to present the data on the firearm.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the integrated display is included in an ocular instrument adapted for attachment to a firearm.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further adapted to generate, in real-time, a user interface that presents an indication of the pretriggered motion data.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor assembly is adapted to sense horizontal motion and vertical motion.

7. The system of claim 1 , comprising a communication interface for communicating with external devices.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the communication interface includes a wireless interface.

9. The system of claim 7 , further comprising a remote computer system adapted to generate, in real-time, a user interface that presents the pretriggered motion data.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the remote computer system is further adapted to:

analyze the pretriggered motion data to determine the firing control actions performed by the firearm operator; and

generate, in real-time, information describing the firing control actions.

11. The system of claim 7 , further comprising a remote computer system adapted to store the firing event data for a firearm operator for a number of firing events.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the remote computer system is further adapted to analyze the firing event data for a firearm operator over a number of firing events.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to provide body control feedback to the user that is unrelated to active arm muscle control.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensors comprise multiple accelerometers, each accelerometer acquiring a different movement degree of freedom of the firearm, the processor configured to analyze data from the accelerometers to determine firing control actions performed by a firearm operator, generate a user interface comprising information describing the firing control actions, and generate a user interface providing corrective action for inappropriate firing control actions.

15. The system of claim 1 , wherein the firing control actions are described graphically and the corrective action is described textually.

16. A method for marksmanship training, comprising:

acquiring motion data using a sensor assembly coupled to a firearm during live operation by a firearm operator;

detecting a firing event based on the acquired motion data;

using the firing event to pretrigger recording of the motion data before the firing event;

analyzing the recorded motion data to determine firing control actions performed by a firearm operator;

displaying, shortly after the firing event, information describing the firing control actions;

and displaying corrective action after the firing event for inappropriate firing control actions.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising displaying, in real-time, an indication of the motion data recorded prior to the firing event.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein displaying the indication is performed for viewing by the firearm operator during live operation of the firearm.

19. The method of claim 16 , further comprising communicating the firing event data to external devices.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising storing firing event data for a firearm operator for a number of firing events at a remote computer system.

21. The method of claim 20 , further comprising analyzing the firing event data for a firearm operator at the remote computer system over a number of firing events.

22. A marksmanship training system, the system comprising:

memory operable to store data from a sensor assembly adapted to be mounted to a firearm and to acquire motion data during live operation by a firearm operator; and

a processor adapted to:

detect a firearm firing event based on the motion data;

use the firing event to pretrigger recording of motion data before the firing event:,

analyze the recorded motion data to determine firing control actions performed by a firearm operator;

generate, shortly after the firing event, a user interface describing the firing control actions; and

generate a user interface that provides corrective action for inappropriate firing control actions.

23. The system of claim 22 , wherein the processor is further adapted to generate a user interface that presents the recorded motion data.

24. The system of claim 22 , further comprising a computer system remote from the first processor, the computer system adapted to:

receiving motion data from the processor;

analyze the pretrigger motion data to determine firing control actions performed by a firearm operator; and

generate, in real-time, a user interface comprising information describing the firing control actions.

25. The system of claim 24 , wherein the computer system is further adapted to generate a user interface that provides corrective action for inappropriate firing control actions.