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Sniper School Comes to Iraq
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For the first time since 1968, a sniper school was held on foreign soil during combat. The National Guard Marksmanship Training Center sent the cadre of its sniper course instructors to northern Iraq to train the soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) in skills that have
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Members from Boy Scout Troops 313 & 322 Earn Rifle Merit Badges
- Members of Boy Scout Troops 313 and 322 of Greenville, Texas participated in rifle shooting in order to earn their Rifle Merit Badge. |
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| Pictured
Above: (Left) Top Sporter & Precision Teams from
the National JROTC Air Rifle Championship, Bogalusa HS
(left) and Shelby County HS (right). Top 3 Sporter
Individuals (upper right), Joseph Wymer, Alaina Wallace and
Blake Phillips. Jennifer Langford (bottom right)
received the overall top precision award from Major General
Thrasher. |
| National JROTC Air Rifle
Championship - With calls of “Pull!” and the distinctive clap of shotgun fire on the range next door, and the crack of military rifles in the distance, young shooters from all over the country and one American high school team from Germany converged on Ft.
Benning, Georgia’s Pool Range Complex to vie for team and individual honors in the 2nd National JROTC Air Rifle National Championship. |
| Navy JROTC Air Rifle
Championship
- March 22nd and 23rd saw the Navy
establish a unique presence at Ft. Benning, Georgia. As most readers know, Ft.
Benning is one of the largest and most active Army bases in the United
States. As the home of the U. S. Army Marksmanship Unit, it has some
of the finest shooting facilities in the country. It was these
facilities that brought the best Navy JROTC air rifle shooters from
around the country to compete for Navy JROTC Championship. |
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| Bogalusa
HS (LA) (left) had the top overall Sporter Team score of 4266 and
Central Catholic HS (TX) (right) had the top overall Precision
Team score of 4557 in the Army Region Championships. |
| 2004 Army JROTC Regional
Three Position Championships –
In February, the best Army JROTC rifle shooters in the
country converged on the Pool Range at Ft. Benning,
Georgia and the U.S. Shooting Complex in Colorado Springs,
Colorado to compete in the first-ever Army JROTC Eastern
and Western Region Championships and to decide who would
earn the honor of representing Army JROTC in the National
JROTC at Ft. Benning later this month. |
| CMP
Pairs Clinic in Pennsylvania CMP
Director Gary Anderson conducted a two and one-half day
"Pairs Clinic" at the Palmyra Sportsmen's
Association. |
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GAI
Match Report The
Gary Anderson Invitational three-position air rifle
championship that is now hosted by the Wolf Creek Young
Shooters Association at Fort Benning, Georgia is one of
the two largest junior rifle competitions in the country.
The 2003 GAI competition took place at the USAMU Pool
Complex ranges on 21-23 November and 5-6 December. |
