Pennsylvania wins; Region Two Marksmanship Championships

~Marksmanship; the great equalizer by Maj. Theresa Austin, National Guard Marksmanship Training Center FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Penn. (September 4, 2020) –“These matches are the great equalizer…I don't care whether you’re Army or you’re Air. I don't care what rank you are or whether you are an officer or you're enlisted. I don't care how long …

Colorado wins; MAC 7 Marksmanship Championships

~ Soldiers Achieve Overmatch through Competition by Sgt. Nathaniel Free, National Guard Marksmanship Training Center LEHI, Utah (July 13, 2020) –Eight hundred meters from the target, the soldiers started running. The sun beat down on their shoulders as their boots pounded along the winding dirt road, kicking up dust. Each Soldier carried exactly fifty rounds of …

Head on multi-gun challenge

~National Guard wins heavy division at Fort Benning multi-gun challenge by Staff Sgt. Tegan Kucera, National Guard Marksmanship Training Center COLUMBUS, Georgia. (December 6, 2019) –The smell of gun smoke is strong in the air, the sound of weapons firing can be heard all around, and the sight of the guns being pushed around like …

Steel on target, science (MAC 5)

~114th Fighter Wing Guardsman hones marksmanship skills at MAC match by Capt. David Bedard, National Guard Marksmanship Training Center CAMP GUERNSEY JOINT TRAINING CENTER, Wyoming –When South Dakota Air National Guard Master Sgt. Derrick Burkhart squeezed the trigger of his M16 rifle, the firing pin punched a dot-sized perforation in the primer of a 5.56-mm …

28th AFSAM Unites Marksmen from the United States and Allied Nations

~ 2019 AFSAM Rifle and Pistol Championship Results By Cpl. Nathan D. Metz, National Guard Marksmanship Training Center ROBINSON MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER, Arkansas – Eighteen teams from the National Guard, Army Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, and teams from Canada, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom compete in the 28th Armed Forces Skill at Arms Meeting …

2019 WPW: You play, America wins

by Theresa Austin, Maj. public affairs officer, National Guard Marksmanship Training Center ROBINSON MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER, Arkansas - The Winston P. Wilson National Rifle and Pistol Championship at the National Guard Marksmanship Training Center is set to begin in April 2019. 17 more states have already submitted their letters of intent (LOI), as of February …

AFSAM 2018 Results-training with allies

~ 27th AFSAM Small Arms Championship Results By Spc. Patrik Orcutt, National Guard Marksmanship Training Center ROBINSON MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER, Ark. —The 27th Armed Forces Skills at Arms Meeting (AFSAM) a multi-national inter-service small arms championship was held from April 29 - May 4, 2018. The 2018 matches boasted more then 360 competitors with teams from …

WPW: You play, America wins

by Kathrine Grandori, Sgt. National Guard Marksmanship Training Center ROBINSON MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER, Ark. - The Winston P. Wilson National Championships at the National Guard Marksmanship Training Center will begin in April 2018. Several states have already submitted their letters of intent (LOI), as of March 3, 2018, and the goal is to have all 50 …

2017 MAC 1 & 2 Marksmanship Championships

Vermont Guardsmen outshoot rest of regions 1 & 2 in marksman competition ~Over 100 Soldiers and Airmen compete in the MAC Regional Eastern Conference By Sgt. Joshua Frick, National Guard Marksmanship Training Center Event Photos      Ceremony Photos     Results FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pennsylvania – The National Guard held the Marksmanship Advisory Council region …

2017 MAC 3 & 5 Regional Competition

18 State National Guards compete in combined regional training competition ~ National Guard operationalized shooting      by Master Sgt. Robin Brown, Tennessee National Guard Event photos             Award ceremony photos            Results National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from two different regions met at the Volunteer Training …