Story by Capt. Janice Rintz | National Guard Marksmanship Training Center | 04.13.2023
It's official! Soldiers from the U.S. Army National Guard are the best snipers in the world! Four National Guard sniper teams emerged as best contenders and all finished in the top 10, with team 7 finishing in 1st Place. Team Leader Sgt. 1st Class Erik Vargas of New Mexico National Guard, and teammates from Arkansas National Guard, Staff Sgt. Benjamin Cotten, Staff Sgt. Allen Smith of ISC......
Story by Darryl Orrell | Center for Security Forces | 06.06.2022
In conjunction with the Sea Warrior Program Office - PMW 240, the Center for Security Forces announces the June 2 release of its newest version of the CENSECFOR Toolbox mobile app....
Story by Daryl Mayer | Air Force Life Cycle Management Center | 04.19.2022
Nearly every Airman at some point and perhaps many points in their career will carry a rifle, pistol, revolver or some sort of small arms. It's one of the things that keeps our more than 300,000 Airmen members of an "armed" force. Matthew Hamer, Small Arms Integrated Product Team chief, explained on a recent episode of AFLCMC's Leadership Log podcast how his office at Robins AFB, Georgia,......
Story by Terrance Bell | U.S. Army Fort Lee | 02.06.2020
FORT LEE, Va. (Feb. 6, 2020) -- “When the petal hits the metal” and “the moment of truth” are phrases that accurately describe the demanding eighth week of the Ordnance School’s 91F Small Arms/Artillery Repairer Course....
Story by Ismael Ortega | Training Support Activity Europe | 12.02.2019
U.S. Army paratroopers with the 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade from Vicenza, Italy, executed Exercise Full Tang at Baumholder, Germany from Nov. 13 to Nov. 20, 2019. The battalion of engineers, signal, military intelligence and headquarters Paratroopers came to “The Rock” to take full advantage of Baumholder’s training facilities to build readiness....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class JaJuan Broadnax | U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit | 10.28.2019
The 2020 U.S. Army Small Arms Championship, known as the "All Army" will be held at Fort Benning, Georgia March 8-14, 2020 on several of the United States Army Marksmanship Unit's ranges....
Story by Kevin Fleming | 401st Army Field Support Brigade | 09.05.2019
Soldiers with the 401st Army Field Support Battalion-Kuwait are key to ensuring the quality of weapons at Army Prepositioned Stocks-5....
Story by Franklin Fisher | Fort Benning Public Affairs Office | 08.26.2019
The U.S. Army has drawn up a sweeping overhaul of how it will train Soldiers in using small arms -- rifles, pistols and automatic rifles -- a revamp that adds tougher standards and combat-like rigor to training and testing marksmanship....
