Let's get the Rifle and go shoot... soon, one hopes.

I came home early yesterday, to find my wife needing to go to the doctor and my package from the Civilian Marksmanship Program. I took my wife to the doctor and two of the booklets prepared by the United States Army Marksmanship Unit: Service Rifle Marksmanship Guide and International Rifle Guide.

Now I have had, for more years than you need to know, a terrible jealous envy of any group of soldiers that get to fire rifles and pistols in competition, with armory support and opportunity to earn the President's Hundred Tab and those other cool medals and honors. Yep, I never met any of them, they didn't seem to come out to play where I was engaged with godless Communist hordes or training groups of young men to shoot well and work as units to engage the hordes of enemy. So I had what I thought the Army was about and for, and was pretty proud of being a paratrooper, but I didn't think well of the Golden Knights or the US Army Marksmanship Unit, glory boys and playboys is what I thought of them. I was sure they didn't eat mud nor snakes like my buddies and I, and although they could really shoot well I was sure I had more ways to kill quickly than they (suburban legends?) and being artillery I could kill in mass and really out of rifle range for the forward observers and grunts. But I am being cleansed of the jealous envy.

I received "Mind over Matter" 3 DVD set for High Power Rifle Competition with the US Army Rifle Team. And it is great, and the shooters from the unit do a fine job of instructing and sharing their skills with the rifle. Which justifies the whole unit to me, just wish they had been sent to do more work periodically with the rest of the Army. Or made a DVD to share for trainers without their many rounds and shooting experience. Great DVD, buy a copy for your local library to share with the shooting and non-shooting public.

I have to go and prepare for the Courthouse wait again today, but for all of the United States Army Marksmanship Unit members past and present I do apologize for being jealous and mean spirited, I just wanted to shoot more and better but had other things on my plate. I am glad that someone gets to be the best and lead the rest, Thank you.