Interservice Pistol Champs

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By Paula J. Randall
U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, Accessions Support Brigade

FORT BENNING, Ga. - Out of 73 military shooters competing in the 49th annual Interservice Pistol Championship Matches, a Soldier of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit has won the Interservice 2700 Aggregate Championship.

Staff Sgt. James M. Henderson won the 2700 Interservice Championship June 11 with a total score of 2,669 points out of a
possible 2,700 points. Staff Sgt. Robert S. Park II of the USAMU took
second place with a score of 2,653 points and Sgt. 1st Class Eric G.
Daniels finished third with 2,644.

The 2700 Aggregate Championships is an aggregate of the Center Fire, .22- and .45-Caliber championships, which were shot June 9 to 11.

Henderson won the .45-Caliber Championship June 11; Park was second and Staff Sgt. William Walker of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve was third. The USAMU Gray Team of Staff Sgt. Lyman P. Grover, Staff Sgt. Jason R. Sargent, Staff Sgt. Adam E. Sokolowski and Sgt. Sean P.
Watson won the .45-Caliber Team Championship. The U.S. Marine Corps Scarlet Team was second and the U.S. Navy Reserve Team got third.

Marine Sgt. Curtis Powelson won the Excellence in Competition Match June 11 followed by Marine Sgt. Thomas Kozic in second place and Army National Guard Sgt. Christopher Price in third.

Henderson won the Center Fire Pistol Interservice Championship June 10 by eight points over Sokolowski and by 12 points over Park who finished third. The USAMU Blue Team of Henderson, Park, Daniels and Sgt. Michael S. Gasser won the Center Fire Team Championship. The USAMU Gray Team took second place and the U.S. Navy Reserve Team finished third.

Daniels won the .22-Caliber Individual Interservice Championship June 9. Park and Henderson were tied just one point behind Daniels. The USAMU Blue Team of Daniels, Park, Henderson and Gasser won the .22-Caliber Team Interservice Championship. The USAMU Gray Team was second and the South Carolina Team got third.

Henderson won the National Rifle Association Warm-up Aggregate by winning the Center Fire, .45-Caliber and Service Pistol matches and taking second place in the .22-Caliber match June 7 and 8. Park, who was second overall, won the .22-Caliber match, took second place in the Service Pistol match and finished third in the Center Fire competition.
Daniels was third in the overall aggregate and finished third in the Service Pistol match.

Sokolowski took second place in the Center Fire competition, Grover and Sgt. 1st Class Gregory S. Wilson were second and third in the .45-Caliber match and Gasser placed third in the .22-Caliber competition. The NRA Warm-Up matches were open to military and civilian competitors.

There are 73 military personnel and 13 teams competing in the Interservice Pistol Championships this year. The USAMU and the U.S.
Army Reserve have two teams each and the U.S. Marine Corps and Marine Corps Reserve have five teams; other teams competing are the U.S. Navy, U.S. Navy Reserve, U.S. Air Force and the South Carolina Army National Guard.

The USAMU is hosting the 49th annual Interservice Pistol Championship Matches, which started June 6 at Phillips Range and concludes June 13, at Phillips and Parks ranges. Awards will be presented to winners and second- and third-place finishers in all individual and team matches.

For more information, contact the USAMU chief of competitions at
(706) 545-6252 or Michael.Behnke@usaac.army.mil.

Media are invited to cover the matches and ceremonies but should coordinate with the Public Affairs Office before coming to post. Call
(706) 545-5436 or e-mail paula.randall@usaac.army.mil for more information.

The schedule of events is as follows:

June 12
* 8 to 11 a.m. - Service Pistol Individual Match
* 12:30 to 2 p.m. - Service Pistol Team Match

June 13
* 8 to 9:30 a.m. - Combat Pistol Classes
* 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. - Combat Pistol Individual Match
* 1 to 2:30 p.m. - Combat Pistol Team Match
* 6 p.m. - Awards Banquet, Columbus Trade and Convention Center
(Iron Works)

For Interservice Pistol results see the Civilian Marksmanship Program website at http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/report_m ... tchID=3486.

(Formed in 1956 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to raise the standards of marksmanship throughout the U.S. Army, the Army Marksmanship Unit is assigned to the Accessions Support Brigade of the U.S. Army Accessions Command. The Marksmanship Unit trains its Soldiers to win competitions and enhances combat readiness through train-the-trainer clinics, research and development. For more information on the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, contact the Public Affairs Office at (706) 545-5436, Paula.Randall@usaac.army.mil or www.USAMU.com. The Civilian Marksmanship Program is a federally-chartered, non-profit corporation dedicated to firearm safety and marksmanship training and to the promotion of marksmanship competition for citizens of the United States. For more information on the CMP and its programs, contact Christine Elder, (419) 635-2141, ext.
1111 or celder@odcmp.com.)

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