U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit
Nov 28, 2008
AMU Shooters Set Sights on 2008 Olympics
- Six Soldiers of the AMU won seven slots on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Shooting Team headed to Beijing: Maj. Michael Anti, Sgt. 1st Class Daryl Szarenski, Spc. Walton Glenn Eller III, Spc. Jeffrey Holguin and Pfc. Vincent Hancock each won a spot and Sgt. 1st Class Parker won two.
- AMU shooters won 11 of the 24 Olympic Quota Slots acquired by the 2008 Olympic U.S. Shooting Team.
- The AMU has 10 military athletes who are former Olympians—two of them are Olympic medalists.
- AMU shooters have won 21 Olympic medals.
Recent AMU International Titles
- AMU shooters, SSG Robby Johnson and SFC Jason St. John, won the International Sniper Competition on Nov. 2, 2007, beating out 27 other two-man sniper teams from around the world.
- SSG Max Michel won the Action Shooting World Speed Shooting Championships in Piru, Calif., August 2007.
- AMU shooters have won hundreds of individual and team national titles and more than 40 world championships.
AMU Shooters Use World-Class Skills to Train Soldiers for Combat
- By competing and winning in national/international competitions, the AMU is raising the standards of marksmanship proficiency and enhancing combat readiness throughout the Army.
- AMU shooters train thousands of Soldiers each year in advanced marksmanship techniques through train-the-trainer clinics. This has become especially important with the continuing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Making a Soldier more effective in combat helps save American lives and is the number one mission of the AMU.
- The AMU’s Custom Firearms Shop takes lessons learned from success in competition and translates that to success on the battlefield. Through research and development of weapons and ammunition, the CFS has equipped Soldiers in combat with specially modified and especially accurate weapons to help increase their effectiveness on the battlefield.
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