10 August 2005
Ten new articles are posted on The First Shot On-Line, the CMP’s electronic newsletter. Check The First Shot front page at http://www.odcmp.org/0805/default.asp to see summaries of all recent articles with links to the full articles. The First Shot On-Line front page also displays readers’ comments and a link to the popular CMP Forum. The latest articles posted are described below.
Junior Wins the 2005 John C. Garand Match - 19-year-old Steven Skowronek from Irwin, PA won the 2005 John C. Garand Match with an impressive score of 292-8x. This set a new National Match record just edging out the pervious high of 292-5x fired by Antonio Samper in 2004.
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Marine Corps Wins National Trophy Infantry Match - The U. S. Marine Corps finally turned the tables on the Army on the last day of the 2005 National Trophy Rifle Matches. The U. S. Army Marksmanship Unit dominated the matches until a U. S. Marine Corp Rifle Team, coached by Gunnery Sergeant Rodney Abbott, pulled off an impressive victory in the National Trophy Infantry Team Match, winning with a score of 1271.
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The Summer of Repeats Continues -- John Friguglietti Wins the Springfield Match for the Second Year - It’s not only SFC Norman Anderson who is repeating as champion at the 2005 National Matches; John Friguglietti of Denver, NC won the Springfield Match for the second year in a row. In winning, he posted a new match record score of 293-9x, edging out Jimmy Barners’ record of 293-6x that has been the top score since it was fired in the first Springfield Match in 2002.
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Army Continues to Roll with Victory in National Trophy Team Match - The U. S. Army Rifle Team, designated as USAMU Praslick after the name of their coach, Staff
Sergeant Emil Praslick III, produced a dominating win in the National Trophy Team Match with a 30-point victory over the second place team that represented the U. S. Marine Corps. The Marine team was designated as USMC Abbott; their coach was Gunnery Sergeant Rodney Abbott.
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Colorado Team Wins Whistler Boy - The Colorado Blue Flames won the 2005 Whistler Boy Junior Highpower Team Match with a commanding score of 963-24x. Nine points back in second place with a 954-19x was the North Carolina Rifle and Pistol Red team, and in third with a 950-22x was the Connecticut Palmer team.
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The Second M16 EIC Match Successfully Completed - The National Trophy Matches M16 EIC Match was introduced for the first time in the 2004 National Matches. The match is only open to competitors that have never earned EIC credit points towards Distinguished badges. This allows new shooters to get a jump start towards earning points and to encourage shooters to start working towards earning their badge.
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SFC Norman Anderson comes from behind to win National Trophy Individual Match - While temperatures continue to rise this week at the National Matches, SFC Norman Anderson of the Army Marksmanship Unit remains hottest shooter on the range. SFC Anderson followed up Tuesdays President’s 100 Match win with a 496-22x score on Wednesday to win the National Trophy Individual Match for the second year in a row.
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AMU's SFC Anderson Wins Presidents Rifle Match - After winning last years National Trophy Individual Match, SFC Norman Anderson of the Army Marksmanship Unit got off to a great start this year by winning the President’s 100. SFC Anderson finished with 297-17x to win his first President’s Rifle Match in his 13th summer with the AMU. “I’ve come in second before, but I’ve never won. I’m really excited to finally win the President’s,” said SFC Anderson.
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Marine Corps Rifle Team Hosts Junior Highpower Clinic - The 2005 USMC Junior High Power Clinic wrapped up yesterday with awards and pizza for the 129 juniors in attendance. All successfully completed three days of instruction from members of the Marine Corps Rifle Team that included the 2005 Interservice individual winner Sgt. John Godwin.
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Rifle Small Arms Firing School - 2005 marked the 40th year of the Small Arms Firing School hosted by the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit instructors and assisted by Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Marine, and Navy shooting team members. The school is geared for new and less experienced shooters in order to teach basic marksmanship techniques, and had 546 new shooters in attendance this week.
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