COVID-19 impacts 2020 Winston P. Wilson, Armed Forces Skill at Arms Meeting

~ National, multinational National Guard marksmanship championships rescheduled or canceled By Maj. Theresa Austin, Public Affairs Specialist, National Guard Marksmanship Training Center NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. –The National Guard Marksmanship Training Center (NGMTC) leadership decided today to delay and cancel some of the 2020 Winston P. Wilson (WPW) and Armed Forces Skill at Arms Meeting …

2020 WPW and AFSAM Sniper Championships

49th WPW and 29th AFSAM Sniper Championships BY SPC. MELODY DANIEL, PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST, NATIONAL GUARD MARKSMANSHIP TRAINING CENTER BARLING, Arkansas - Twenty-seven, two-person teams of military snipers from around across the U.S. National Guard, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Poland competed in the 49th Winston P. Wilson (WPW) Sniper Championship (National Guard) and the 29th …

The cornerstone of soldiering (MAC 1)

~Vermont Army National Guard wins 2019 MAC 1 Championship by Maj. Theresa Austin, National Guard Marksmanship Training Center NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas – “Marksmanship is the basic Soldier skill that forms the cornerstone for our Soldiers to bring lethal effects on the enemy,” said Maj. Brooks Hayward, New Hampshire Army National Guard. How does one …

Illinois and South Dakota National Guardsmen win 2019 CNGB Postal Matches Phase III

~2019 Chief of the National Guard Bureau Postal Matches Phase III Complete, Results by Spc. Stephen M. Wright, National Guard Marksmanship Training CenterNORTH LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas –Fifty-three National Guardsmen, both Army and Air, from across the nation, met at the Robinson Maneuver Training Center near North Little Rock, Arkansas, to compete in the 2019 Chief of …

Arkansas and Nebraska National Guardsmen win 48th WPW Machine Gun Championship

~2019 WPW Machine Gun Championship Complete, Results by Spc. Stephen M. Wright, National Guard Marksmanship Training CenterNORTH LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas – Twenty-two National Guardsmen, eleven different teams, from across the nation gathered at the Robinson Maneuver Training Center near North Little Rock, Arkansas, to compete in the 2019 Winston P. Wilson Machine Gun Competition May …

California and Arkansas National Guardsmen win 48th WPW Championship

~2019 Winston P. Wilson Rifle and Pistol Championship Results by Pfc. Emma Anderson, National Guard Marksmanship Training Center ROBINSON MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER, Arkansas. – Approximately 350 National Guardsmen, representing 46 states and U.S. Territories, participated in the 48th annual Winston P. Wilson Championship hosted by the National Guard Marksmanship Training Center at the Robinson Maneuver …

National Guard wins over half overall-team and individual awards at “All Army”

~ National Guardplaces top three in all categories at 2019 U.S. Army Small Arms Championships by Maj. Theresa Austin, National Guard Marksmanship Training CenterROBINSON MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER, Ark. – The National Guard took seven overall team places out of 12 possible and six overall individual places out of 12 possible during this years’ 2019 U.S. …

Adrenaline rush in Canada, overall individual winner from National Guard

  ~ Missouri Army National Guard Soldier wins at 2018 Canadian Armed Forces Skill at Arms Concentration   ROBINSON MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER, North Little Rock, Arkansas – Adrenaline pumping, a Soldier stands behind a black wall, anxiously waiting to begin an assault into the unknown while trying not to be killed. Once inside there is no …

2019 48th WPW: Over half way to goal

by Theresa Austin, Maj. National Guard Marksmanship Training CenterROBINSON MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER, Arkansas - Last year, 42 states and territories participated in the 47th Annual Winston P. Wilson (WPW) National Rifle and Pistol Championships, and this year we are only 14 states away to reaching our goal of all states and territories sending a team …

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 …