IT TAKES SOMETHING SPECIAL TO STAND OUT AS THE BEST IN A UNIT KNOWN FOR ITS SHOOTING PROFICIENCY…BUT AFTER WINNING TWO WORLD CHAMPIONSHOPS…FOUR U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND A GOLD MEDAL IN AN INTERNATIONAL SHOOTING COMPETITION IN ITALY THIS YEAR…IT SEEMED ONLY NATURAL THAT SFC JOSH RICHMOND WAS NAMED THE 2016 SOLDIER OF THE YEAR BY THE MILITARY MARKSMANSHIP ASSOCIATION.
THE HILLSGROVE PENNSYLVANIA NATIVE BEGAN SHOOTING COMPETITIVELY AT THE AGE OF 11 AND PARLAYED HIS EXPERTISE INTO A SPOT WITH THE ARMY MARKSMANSHIP UNIT AT FT. BENNING GEORGIA IN 2005. SFC RICHMOND SHARED HIS EXPERTISE ON FOREIGN SOIL AS WELL…DEPLOYING TO AFGHANISTAN IN 2011 AS A MARKSMANSHIP INSTRUCTOR.
RICHMOND CREDITS HIS TIME WITH THE AMU FOR RECEIVING THIS NEW HONOR SAYING “THE STRUCTURE COACHING AND TEAMWORK OF THE ARMY MARKSMANSHIP UNIT HAS MADE ME A BETTER SHOOTER WITH THE ABILITY TO COMPETE AGAINST THE BEST IN THE WORLD”
SFC JOHN WOLLASTON…FT. KNOX KENTUCKY
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| Date Taken: | 11.22.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 11.22.2016 16:52 |
| Story ID: | 215653 |
| Location: | US |
| Hometown: | HILLSGROVE, PA, US |
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