U.S. Army Reserve 1st Lt. Amber English qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games Skeet Event upon conclusion of the Olympic Trials - Part 2 in Tucson, Arizona March 5-8. The Colorado Springs, Colorado native, won her first Olympic selection seat with a combined Part 1 and Part 2 score of 532, which included a perfect score of 25 in six of the ten rounds. English, 30, will go to the Games with Austen Smith, 18. Alternates for the Skeet Event are Sam Simonton and six-time Olympic medalist, Kim Rhode. English is assigned to the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program and attached to the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit’s Shotgun Team for training at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Sometimes change is necessary. While facing situations that have never been faced before, one is often challenged to come up with unconventional solutions. Teleworking and social distancing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has forced many units to do just that. The United States Army Marksmanship Unit recently experienced a change of their own.
