The First Shot

CMP · Post by **CMP** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 8:21 pm

Three 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/1106/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.

New U. S. Army Junior Air Rifle Postal Announced - Fort Benning, Georgia. The U. S. Army Accessions Command, which includes the U. S. Army Marksmanship Unit, announces the inauguration of a new national junior air rifle championship that is sponsored by the U. S. Army. The Army is actually taking over the sponsorship of a postal and national championship program that previously was sponsored by the National Guard Bureau. The program begins with a State Championship Postal competition that offers three-position air rifle sporter and precision standing events for school-age junior shooters. The match is open to teams and individuals representing any junior shooting team or club that wishes to enter. The culmination of the 2007 program will be a National Championship competition that will take place at the Army Marksmanship Unit ranges at Fort Benning in August.

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2006 Creedmoor Cup Matches - The 2006 Creedmoor Cup Matches took place 8-12 November 2006 at Camp Pendleton, CA. The matches were held in conjunction with the Western CMP Games and were conducted by Creedmoor Sports Inc. of Oceanside, California and the Santa Margarita Gun Club. Match entries were managed by the CMP through its Competition Tracker on-line results system; CMP staff members were at the match to statistical operations and post results on the CMP website.

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No-Wind Zero and Marking Your Sights - By SFC Jason
St. John, USAMU Service Rifle Team Member - There is no question about it, to consistently hit the X-ring you need accurate elevation and windage zeros. These zeros change as you increase distance, and may possibly change as you gain experience. These changes are apparent in a well kept Data Book. To calculate your zeros, starting points are needed. You can establish starting points for your service rifle sights by marking them to give you a reference point for calculating your zeros.

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In Memoriam - SFC Tung M. Nguyen. SFC Tung M. Nguyen, 38, a Distinguished Pistol shooter and Special Forces communications Sergeant, was killed in action on Nov. 14 during combat operations in Baghdad. Nguyen was born in Can Tho, Vietnam, became a U.S. citizen, and was raised in Tracy, Calif. He was assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Bragg, N.C. and deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

SFC Nguyen’s awards and decorations include two Meritorious Service Medals, two Army Commendation Medals, Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, Distinguished Pistol Shot Badge, and the Special Forces Tab. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Iraq Campaign Medal, and Combat Infantryman Badge. He was the winner of the 2006 All-Army Long Range Rifle Championships (Sniper Rifle Class) and the 2006 Joint Special Operations Command Small Arms Championships Pistol Champion.

JROTC Air Rifle Postal Targets. If you have requested targets for the JROTC Air Rifle Postal Matches but have not received them, please contact Tommy Whitten @ 419-635-2141 ext. 1113 (Army & Navy target requests) or Terry Meyer @ 419-635-2141 ext. 1124 (Marine Corps target requests). Visit http://www.odcmp.com/3P.htm for information on the JROTC Air Rifle Postal Matches.

First JROTC Postal Scores Available. The first sets of Army, Marine Corps and Navy JROTC Postal targets have arrived at CMP Headquarters and have been scored and posted. These targets are the first 10-bull paper targets ever to be scored electronically.

All targets for the 2006-07 JROTC postals are being scored with electronic Visual Image Scoring (VIS) technology that analyzes and scores scanned images of the targets. The scores of all targets scored so far have been posted in results lists on the CMP website. If your JROTC unit has returned fired targets, you can check your results by going to http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-bin/matchRes ... nation=AIR. From there, select the match you wish to view. As an added feature this year, which is made possible by the new electronic scoring system, instructors and competitors may download a one-page *.pdf file that shows the scores and shot groups exactly as they were fired and scored. The results print-out also shows the score of each shot in tenth-ring values plus the x and y coordinates measured to 1/100th of a millimeter for each shot scored. To activate this feature, open an individual results list and then click on the total score for that shooter (shown in red). JROTC instructors with questions about their results or who have ordered targets that were not received should call the CMP staff at 419-635-2141, ext. 1113.

Camp Perry Open, 19-20 January 2007. CMP is hosting a 3x20 three-position air rifle match for juniors at Camp Perry, OH, on 20 January 2007. A training clinic for interested junior shooters and coaches will be held on Friday evening, 19 January 2007. Space is limited so register in advance. For details download the match program at http://www.odcmp.com/3P/CP_Open.htm or contact Sommer Wood at swood@odcmp.com or call 419-635-2141 ex. 1129.

New Distinguished Rifleman Badges Awarded. Congratulations to the following individuals who recently earned their Distinguished Rifleman Badge:

Badge # 1813 Phillip Morgan, Laramie, WY

Badge # 1814 Russell Scott, Iron Mountain, MI

Badge # 1815 George Waldorf, Billings, MT

Badge # 1816 Kerwin M. Law, Pana, IL

Badge # 1817 Philip J. Beaver, Indianapolis, IN

Badge # 1818 Ronaldo S. Idio, Ewa Beach, HI

Badge # 1819 Steven M. Joyce, Watertown, CT

Badge # 1820 Frank A. Foreman, Broaddus, TX

For a list of all Distinguished competitors, visit http://clubs.odcmp.com/

cgi-bin/report_distinguished.cgi.

Two new National Three-Position Air Rifle Records were set during the Patuxent STS Match which took place on 28 October. Both Elizabeth Lyon and Amanda Smith, of King George HS Naval JROTC, set new Navy JROTC records for the Sporter 20-shot kneeling event with their scores of 192. Lyon and Smith also joined team members Nicole Heitmeyer and Sam Green to set a new Navy JROTC record of 2192 in the sporter 3x20, 4 member team event. The King George HS Naval JROTC team is from King George, VA, and is coached by CDR Fred Duckworth.

Holiday Period Store Shutdown. Both the CMP North Store at Camp Perry, OH and the CMP South Store in Anniston, AL will be closed during the periods of 19-29 Nov 2006 and 17 Dec 2006 thru 3 Jan 2007. The CMP North Store will also be closed on 15 Dec.

Clinic Led by CMP Certified Master Instructor. William Stephenson, a CMP GSM Certified Master Instructor, will hold a clinic on 2 Dec in Huntington, WV. For more information on the clinic, contact William Stephenson at (601) 209-2822 or email sevets@mac.com. The CMP Master Instructor certification program trains and certifies advanced shooters and instructors as Master Instructors who are qualified to teach specific marksmanship instructional topics using training material and curricula developed and provided by the CMP. For more information on becoming a Garand-Springfield-Military Rifle Master Instructor, visit http://www.odcmp.com/Competitions/GSMClinic.htm.

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