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    USAMU Soldier wins Silver at World Action Pistol Championships, makes history at Bianchi Cup [Image 5 of 20]

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    A member of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit is actively firing a pistol equipped with an optical scope at an outdoor shooting range. A spent brass casing is visibly ejecting from the firearm, indicating the weapon has just been discharged. The shooter is wearing full team uniform, protective eyewear, and ear protection.

    COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, UNITED STATES

    05.19.2018

    Photo by Maj. Michelle Lunato 

    U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit

    Sgt. 1st Class Adam Sokolowski, a Somerville, New Jersey native with the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit’s Service Pistol Team, fires his pistol during The Falling Plate Event at the 2018 World Action Pistol Championships in Columbia, Missouri May 20. The three-day, four-event action pistol competition drew more than 160 competitors from eight countries and 33 states. Sokolowski not only claimed 2nd Place Overall in the World Action Pistol Championships and 1st Place in the proceeding Multigun Match, but the overall Bianchi Cup Champion title just five days later by seizing the Open Division and making history as the first shooting sports athlete in 40 years of the competition to win all three divisions—Production, Metallic and Open—in three consecutive years. (U.S. Army photo by Michelle Lunato/released)

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    Date Taken: 05.19.2018
    Date Posted: 06.07.2018 20:03
    Photo ID: 4460985
    VIRIN: 180519-A-ZG886-770
    Resolution: 5472x3648
    Size: 6.51 MB
    Location: COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, US
    Hometown: SOMERVILLE, NEW JERSEY, US
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