The Army Marksmanship Unit put up a Facebook page -- if you'd like to see what they do over the space of a year you can visit without being a member.
Many folks have absolutely no idea what the unit does except compete. It may come as a huge surprise to know they are tasked with training the rest of the Army to raise their local marksmanship skills and abilities and support Recruiting.
In a year they host lots of major matches at home. This is just a sampling:
The Fort Benning Post Combat Rifle and Pistol Matches
The All-Army Championships (Combat Rifle, Combat Pistol, and Long Range)
The Interservice Pistol Championships
The NCAA Collegiate Pistol Championships
USA Shooting Olympic Shooting Team Selections (rifle, pistol, skeet, and trap)
World Cup (international) North America Championships (shooters from around world come to the US)
The JROTC National Championships
The Fort Benning 3-Gun Championships
Sample photos:
The UK Afghanistan contingent hosted their Skills At Arms Meeting. USAMU members swept the pistol individual and team match, the rifle individual and team match, the shoot off team match, as well as the overall individual and team champions. SFC Hampton, SFC Coffey, SGT Horner, and SGT Dimaculangan. Photo by SFC Sokolowski
All-Army rifle competition:
All-Army Long Range Matches:
Combat pistol:
Cadet Sean-Paul Adams of North Georgia College and State University, overall winner of the 2010 Fort Benning Post Pistol Championships.
Wounded Warriors:
http://www.usaac.army.mil/amu//woundedwarriorflyer.pdf
Many folks have absolutely no idea what the unit does except compete. It may come as a huge surprise to know they are tasked with training the rest of the Army to raise their local marksmanship skills and abilities and support Recruiting.
In a year they host lots of major matches at home. This is just a sampling:
The Fort Benning Post Combat Rifle and Pistol Matches
The All-Army Championships (Combat Rifle, Combat Pistol, and Long Range)
The Interservice Pistol Championships
The NCAA Collegiate Pistol Championships
USA Shooting Olympic Shooting Team Selections (rifle, pistol, skeet, and trap)
World Cup (international) North America Championships (shooters from around world come to the US)
The JROTC National Championships
The Fort Benning 3-Gun Championships
Sample photos:
The UK Afghanistan contingent hosted their Skills At Arms Meeting. USAMU members swept the pistol individual and team match, the rifle individual and team match, the shoot off team match, as well as the overall individual and team champions. SFC Hampton, SFC Coffey, SGT Horner, and SGT Dimaculangan. Photo by SFC Sokolowski
All-Army rifle competition:
All-Army Long Range Matches:
Combat pistol:
Cadet Sean-Paul Adams of North Georgia College and State University, overall winner of the 2010 Fort Benning Post Pistol Championships.
Wounded Warriors:
http://www.usaac.army.mil/amu//woundedwarriorflyer.pdf
