Story by Lt. Col. Michelle Lunato | U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit | 06.26.2024
Competing in the Olympics is something most people only dream about. For Soldiers at the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, it’s part of the job. Soldiers from the ‘Home of Champions’ have earned coveted spots on Team USA for every Olympics since 1952. And other than the United States’ boycott of the 1980 Moscow Games, those 77 U.S. Army Soldiers have represented the Nation in shooting......
Story by Joe Lacdan | Defense Media Activity - Army Productions | 05.16.2024
Spencer Woods couldn’t pull his opponents or gain leverage without a sharp pain shooting through his arm. As a sophomore on his high school’s varsity wrestling team in 2013, the ailment hindered his movements. After getting examined by a doctor, X-rays returned negative. He continued to wrestle with injury and tried compartmentalizing the pain. “It was the hardest thing I’ve......
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Reshema Sherlock | U.S. Army Marketing and Engagement Brigade | 07.26.2021
U.S. Army Reserve 1st Lt. Amber English became the first Soldier to win a medal at the Olympic Games when she claimed the Gold in the Women’s Skeet event, July 26 in Tokyo, Japan....
Story by Maj. Michelle Lunato | 98th Training Division -Initial Entry Training | 10.02.2019
U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Sandra Uptagrafft with the 98th Training Division (Initial Entry Training) claimed the Silver Medal in Women's 25m Sport Pistol at USA Shooting's Smallbore Olympic Trials - Part 1 in Fort Benning, Georgia on October 2, 2019. To earn this Silver Medal, the Phenix City, Alabama resident had to compete in two days of relays and a Final. After the two......
Story by Brenda Rolin | U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit | 03.14.2016
Three Soldiers are poised to join their teammate, 2008 Olympic gold medalist Sgt. 1st Class Glenn Eller, at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro next August after placing first through third in the 2015 Shotgun Fall Selection Match Oct. 16, 2015, in Tucson, Arizona....
