National Guard Marksmanship Training Center hosts sniper event
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The National Guard Marksmanship Training Center (NGMTC) hostedthe 48th Winston P. Wilson (WPW) Sniper Championship (National Guard)competition and 28th Annual Armed Forces Skill at Arms Meeting (AFSAM) —(International & Inter-service), at the Fort Chaffee Joint ManeuverTraining Center (FCJMTC) near Barling, Arkansas, from March 29 – April 3, 2019.This competition is designed to provide a battle-focused event, as well asvalidate and sustain key marksmanship skills essential to mobilization,readiness and success.
The competition is full of battle-focused exercises intendedto bring together some of the best marksman in the nation in order to testtheir skill, share their expertise and promote marksmanship training withintheir units.
“Although the WPW is considered a competition, the truevalue of the matches is the cross learning between teams,” said Col. MartyCurtright, National Guard Marksmanship Training Center commander. “WPW is thelargest weapons competition/training event in the Army. The only ones who looseafter this competition are those who refused to learn from their fellowcompetitors.
“Events like this are established as a means of heighteningthe level of marksmanship proficiency throughout the military and increasingour battlefield lethality. Marksmanship is a perishable skill. The NationalGuard has moved from being a strategic reserve into an operational force, soour need for continually increased readiness has never been stronger. We haveto remain ready, and marksmanship is at the forefront of our combat readiness.”
“Out here we get to shoot in different ways that we havenever shot before,” said Spc. Kevin Meyer, from the Wisconsin National Guard.“We use ranges that are different and with longer range than we use at our homestations.”
The National Guard Marksmanship Training provides soldierswith the capability of becoming lethal with their marksmanship and taking itback to their unit. With the way battles are fought now it is very important tothe army as whole to become uncomfortable in situations that they must usetheir marksmanship skills and this competition and training center providessoldiers with that exposure.
