The First Shot
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:32 pm
12 October 2006
Two 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/1006/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.
Sign Up Now for Western CMP Games and Creedmoor Cup Matches - New entries for the 2006 Western CMP Games and Creedmoor Cup Matches at Camp Pendleton, California in early November are coming in at a steady pace now as shooters make final plans to attend this year’s biggest west coast rifle match. Camp Pendleton’s huge highpower rifle range makes plenty of entry spaces available, but shooters who plan to attend, but have not yet entered, are encouraged to get their entries in as soon as possible.
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2006 National Youth Shooting Sports Leadership Conference - In what has become annual pilgrimage, coaches and youth leaders from across the country again made their way to the National Youth Shooting Sports Leadership Conference. The conference takes place every fall, alternating between the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO and CMP headquarters in Port Clinton, OH. This year it was CMP’s turn to host the conference and over a hundred people descended on Camp Perry for the event which took place 22-24 September.
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In Memoriam—Col. Gail Liberty. One of the all-time great Air Force pistol shooters passed away on 18 September after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. Colonel Liberty, a First Lieutenant at the time, earned
U. S. Distinguished International Shooters Badge number 22 in 1962 when she won a silver medal in the women’s 25 meter pistol event at the World Shooting Championships in Cairo. Her score of 570 tied with the winner. Liberty was a pioneer participant in the earliest ISSF World Championship women’s events that ultimately resulted in women’s shooting events being added to the Olympic program in 1984 and 1988. Her shooting career produced many national and international medals including silver and bronze medals in the first Pan American Games women’s pistol events. She was twice recognized as the Air Force athlete of the year. Liberty completed a distinguished 25-year military career as a nurse, nurse practitioner and physicians assistant and retired from the Air Force in 1985.
Air Force JROTC Marksmanship Program. For many years, the Air Force JROTC program was the only one of the four Armed Services JROTC programs that did not recognize marksmanship as an approved activity for its cadets. In one of the most exciting developments in the shooting sports arena in many years, the Air Force recently selected a group of 25 AFJROTC units to pilot air rifle marksmanship programs during the 2006-2007 school year.
Based on this test, a decision will then be made regarding the adoption of air rifle marksmanship as an elective AFJROTC cadet activity that could be available to all of the 800 plus schools that have AFJROTC programs. On 24-25 August, 25 AFJROTC instructors representing this original group of AFJROTC units attended rifle instructor training course at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama. The course was conducted by Gary Anderson, Director of the CMP. The AFJROTC instructor training course was based on the JROTC Instructor Training Course (JMIC) that the CMP developed in cooperation with the Army, Marine Corps and Navy JROTC marksmanship training programs.
GSM Master Instructor Course Offered at Anniston, AL. G-S-M Master Instructors are trained and certified to teach Garand-Springfield-Military Rifle Clinics that utilize new CMP training materials at their home shooting clubs or for other clubs in their areas. Individuals and club instructors who are interested will have an opportunity to attend a GSM Master Instructor Course at CMP South Headquarters in Anniston, AL on 10-11 February 2007. If you are interested in this course, review the program posted at http://www.odcmp.com/Competitions/GSMClinic.htm. There are also a few openings for the GSM Master Instructor Course at Camp Pendleton, CA on 3-4 November 2006. An application form can be downloaded and submitted at workshop by completing the application that can be downloaded from http://www.odcmp.com/Competitions/GSMClinicApp.pdf.
Gary Anderson Invitational cancelled for 2006 - Ole Mill Invitational to be held in Dec 2006. The CMP has received numerous phone calls and questions regarding the Gary Anderson Invitational and whether it will be held in 2006. The GAI, which was conducted at Fort Benning for the last few years, will not be held this year. However, a new junior air rifle and smallbore competition is now scheduled to be conducted during the same time frame. The competition will be called the Ole Mill Invitational. The dates for this competition are 8-9Dec06 when both a Three-Position Air Rifle 3x20 event and a smallbore 3x20 event will be offered. On 10Dec06, there will be a standing 40-shot air rifle event. The Invitational will take place at the Ole Mill Range Complex, 129 Searcy Avenue, Griffin, GA 30223. The match program will come out in the near future and will be published on the CMP web site when it is available.
Open Pistol Training Camp. USA Shooting has announced plans to host an Open Pistol Training Camp November 1 - 6, 2006, in Ft. Benning, Ga. The camp is open to any interested U.S. resident shooter. U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit pistol coach Ray Arredondo will manage the camp.
Over the five-day event Coach Arredondo will address all of the international pistol shooting basics for up-and-coming pistol athletes.
Interested pistol shooters seeking additional information or looking to sign-up for the camp should contact Coach Arredondo directly @ (706) 545-5416.
A Junior ROTC Marksmanship Instructor Course, (JMIC) for JROTC instructors who have not previously attended the course, will be held on 18 November at Eisenhower High School, Houston, Texas, starting at 0800. This course is offered to any JROTC instructor, civilian air rifle coach, volunteer parents or rifle team members desiring more education. The course is 8 hours of instruction with hands-on range time. Please RSVP to MAJ (Ret) Alex Talley @ 281-878-0954 or via e-mail ATalley@aldine.k12.tx.us.
“Fall Classic” Rimfire Sporter Match. The Chattanooga Rifle Club in Harrison, TN will host a sanctioned CMP Rimfire Sporter Match on 21 October 2006. The Rimfire Sporter Match is for smallbore rifles that weigh 7 1/2 pounds or less with sights. O-Class rifles have open sights;
T-Class rifles have telescopes (max. 6X) or receiver sights. Firing is done at 50 and 25 yards in prone, sitting and standing positions, in slow and rapid fire modes. For more information, contact Bryan Knight @ bryank471@yahoo.com. For a list of other CMP sanctioned events, visit http://clubs.odcmp.com/matches.
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Civilian Marksmanship Program, Camp Perry Training Site, Bldg 3, Port Clinton, OH 43452
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Two 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/1006/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.
Sign Up Now for Western CMP Games and Creedmoor Cup Matches - New entries for the 2006 Western CMP Games and Creedmoor Cup Matches at Camp Pendleton, California in early November are coming in at a steady pace now as shooters make final plans to attend this year’s biggest west coast rifle match. Camp Pendleton’s huge highpower rifle range makes plenty of entry spaces available, but shooters who plan to attend, but have not yet entered, are encouraged to get their entries in as soon as possible.
More Details
2006 National Youth Shooting Sports Leadership Conference - In what has become annual pilgrimage, coaches and youth leaders from across the country again made their way to the National Youth Shooting Sports Leadership Conference. The conference takes place every fall, alternating between the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO and CMP headquarters in Port Clinton, OH. This year it was CMP’s turn to host the conference and over a hundred people descended on Camp Perry for the event which took place 22-24 September.
More Details
In Memoriam—Col. Gail Liberty. One of the all-time great Air Force pistol shooters passed away on 18 September after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. Colonel Liberty, a First Lieutenant at the time, earned
U. S. Distinguished International Shooters Badge number 22 in 1962 when she won a silver medal in the women’s 25 meter pistol event at the World Shooting Championships in Cairo. Her score of 570 tied with the winner. Liberty was a pioneer participant in the earliest ISSF World Championship women’s events that ultimately resulted in women’s shooting events being added to the Olympic program in 1984 and 1988. Her shooting career produced many national and international medals including silver and bronze medals in the first Pan American Games women’s pistol events. She was twice recognized as the Air Force athlete of the year. Liberty completed a distinguished 25-year military career as a nurse, nurse practitioner and physicians assistant and retired from the Air Force in 1985.
Air Force JROTC Marksmanship Program. For many years, the Air Force JROTC program was the only one of the four Armed Services JROTC programs that did not recognize marksmanship as an approved activity for its cadets. In one of the most exciting developments in the shooting sports arena in many years, the Air Force recently selected a group of 25 AFJROTC units to pilot air rifle marksmanship programs during the 2006-2007 school year.
Based on this test, a decision will then be made regarding the adoption of air rifle marksmanship as an elective AFJROTC cadet activity that could be available to all of the 800 plus schools that have AFJROTC programs. On 24-25 August, 25 AFJROTC instructors representing this original group of AFJROTC units attended rifle instructor training course at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama. The course was conducted by Gary Anderson, Director of the CMP. The AFJROTC instructor training course was based on the JROTC Instructor Training Course (JMIC) that the CMP developed in cooperation with the Army, Marine Corps and Navy JROTC marksmanship training programs.
GSM Master Instructor Course Offered at Anniston, AL. G-S-M Master Instructors are trained and certified to teach Garand-Springfield-Military Rifle Clinics that utilize new CMP training materials at their home shooting clubs or for other clubs in their areas. Individuals and club instructors who are interested will have an opportunity to attend a GSM Master Instructor Course at CMP South Headquarters in Anniston, AL on 10-11 February 2007. If you are interested in this course, review the program posted at http://www.odcmp.com/Competitions/GSMClinic.htm. There are also a few openings for the GSM Master Instructor Course at Camp Pendleton, CA on 3-4 November 2006. An application form can be downloaded and submitted at workshop by completing the application that can be downloaded from http://www.odcmp.com/Competitions/GSMClinicApp.pdf.
Gary Anderson Invitational cancelled for 2006 - Ole Mill Invitational to be held in Dec 2006. The CMP has received numerous phone calls and questions regarding the Gary Anderson Invitational and whether it will be held in 2006. The GAI, which was conducted at Fort Benning for the last few years, will not be held this year. However, a new junior air rifle and smallbore competition is now scheduled to be conducted during the same time frame. The competition will be called the Ole Mill Invitational. The dates for this competition are 8-9Dec06 when both a Three-Position Air Rifle 3x20 event and a smallbore 3x20 event will be offered. On 10Dec06, there will be a standing 40-shot air rifle event. The Invitational will take place at the Ole Mill Range Complex, 129 Searcy Avenue, Griffin, GA 30223. The match program will come out in the near future and will be published on the CMP web site when it is available.
Open Pistol Training Camp. USA Shooting has announced plans to host an Open Pistol Training Camp November 1 - 6, 2006, in Ft. Benning, Ga. The camp is open to any interested U.S. resident shooter. U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit pistol coach Ray Arredondo will manage the camp.
Over the five-day event Coach Arredondo will address all of the international pistol shooting basics for up-and-coming pistol athletes.
Interested pistol shooters seeking additional information or looking to sign-up for the camp should contact Coach Arredondo directly @ (706) 545-5416.
A Junior ROTC Marksmanship Instructor Course, (JMIC) for JROTC instructors who have not previously attended the course, will be held on 18 November at Eisenhower High School, Houston, Texas, starting at 0800. This course is offered to any JROTC instructor, civilian air rifle coach, volunteer parents or rifle team members desiring more education. The course is 8 hours of instruction with hands-on range time. Please RSVP to MAJ (Ret) Alex Talley @ 281-878-0954 or via e-mail ATalley@aldine.k12.tx.us.
“Fall Classic” Rimfire Sporter Match. The Chattanooga Rifle Club in Harrison, TN will host a sanctioned CMP Rimfire Sporter Match on 21 October 2006. The Rimfire Sporter Match is for smallbore rifles that weigh 7 1/2 pounds or less with sights. O-Class rifles have open sights;
T-Class rifles have telescopes (max. 6X) or receiver sights. Firing is done at 50 and 25 yards in prone, sitting and standing positions, in slow and rapid fire modes. For more information, contact Bryan Knight @ bryank471@yahoo.com. For a list of other CMP sanctioned events, visit http://clubs.odcmp.com/matches.
PLEASE SHARE . . . Forward this copy of CMP Shooters’ News to coaches, parents, friends and fellow shooters whom you know would enjoy reading it. They can also subscribe to CMP email updates at http://clubs.odcmp.com/subscribe.
Civilian Marksmanship Program, Camp Perry Training Site, Bldg 3, Port Clinton, OH 43452
To update your email address or remove your name from our mailing list, please click here. Questions or comments? Email us or call 419-635-2141.
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