Soldiers and Airmen of the Arkansas National Guard fire the M-9 pistol during a marksmanship competition known as the "TAG Match" at the Robinson Maneuver Training Center in North Little Rock, Arkansas.
This is an annual competition designed to develop the combat skills and proficiency of the Guardsmen, increasing battlefield survivability.
Top shooters earn the bronze Excellence in Competition badge and the Governor's Twenty tab. The top Soldiers and Airmen from this event will also be chosen to represent the Arkansas National Guard at the regional championship and the Winston P. Wilson Match.
(U.S. Army National Guard video by Spc. Stephen M. Wright and Spc. Victoria R. Eckert)
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Justin Levon Ashley, 31 of North Little Rock, Ark., died in an airplane crash at the Camden Municipal Airport / Harrell Field, in Camden, Ark. on Sept. 24. Ashley was one of two Arkansas Guardsmen killed in the accident.
Arkansas' governor, Asa Hutchinson, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, along with Arkansas Senator John Boozman, Arkansas Congressional delegates Rick Crawford, French Hill, the director of the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, AJ Gary,
and the Adjutant General of the Arkansas National Guard, Maj. Gen. Mark H. Berry, flew in Lakota and Black Hawk helicopters provided by the Arkansas National Guard to observe and assess...
