CAMP PERRY, OH – After careful review, the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) has presented 142 scholarships to outstanding junior marksmen through the CMP Scholarship Program for the 2021-2022 school year. Along with a generous $30,000 contribution from the Garand Collectors Association (GCA), the CMP awarded $178,000 in scholarships to remarkable young individuals from across the […]
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CMP’s Camp Perry National Matches Educational Clinics Offer Something for Every Competitor
Ready to learn more about marksmanship? The National Matches at Camp Perry, which attracts thousands of guests each year to the historic ranges of the Ohio National Guard Training Facility, is an oasis of rifle and pistol competitions designed for experienced marksmen and curious individuals who simply want to try something new. Outside of competition, […]
Junior Caroline Martin Responds to Down Year by Discovering Merit On and Off the Range
Caroline Martin, 17, of Nemo, Texas, has been a member of the Granbury High School Marine Corps JROTC precision air rifle team since her freshman year. The team is full of talent – recently earning its fifth consecutive JROTC National Three-Position Air Rifle Championship national title in March while producing a number of other team […]
Granbury’s Folsom is the National Female Ultimate Fitness Champion
Submitted by Lt. Col. Scott Casey, Senior Marine Instructor, Granbury High School MCJROTC Cadet Lt. Col. Sarah Folsom, a member of the Granbury High School MCJROTC Pirate Nation Physical Training (PT) Team and the National Champion Precision Air Rifle Team, competed in the National JROTC Fitness Challenge April 15, 2022, in Daytona Beach, Florida, and […]
Results in for First Quarter of CMP’s Aces Postal Air Gun Competition
Scores are now final for the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) Aces Postal Air Gun Competition for the first quarter. The mail-in style competition is fired in four quarters, with Q1 running from January to March. During the event, participants fire in air rifle, air pistol and para matches from their home ranges before sending scores […]
USAMU Athlete, Olympian Refines Impressive Rifle Career Through Precision and Love of the Sport
Alison Weisz, 26, is a self-proclaimed “nerd in life.” She’s a lover of science, specifically sports science, and has dedicated herself to a careful plan of calculated nutrition, weight-lifting, cardio, recovery, periodization and mental training that has helped carry her to success on the national and world stage. “I guess my interest for learning new […]
CMP Announces April Monthly Air Gun Match Results
The results are in for the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) April Monthly Air Gun Matches. The event was held April 23 at the Gary Anderson CMP Competition Center at Camp Perry, Ohio, and the South CMP Competition Center in Anniston, Alabama. The Ohio location saw over 140 entries, while the Alabama location saw over 50. […]
Teresa Casey, JROTC Air Rifle Championship Pioneer, Celebrates Retirement
The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) would like to wish a happy retirement to Teresa Casey, who officially retired from Naval Service Training Command NJROTC Program Support on Jan. 31, 2022. In the world of junior air rifle, Casey was an essential part of molding one of CMP’s most popular events of the year, the Junior […]
Rifle Competitor Julie Klusmeier Plans Wedding Around CMP Air Gun Matches
“My dad likes to say that ‘shooters are weird,’ and I think he is right about that,” said Julie Klusmeier Landis, an air rifle competitor from Cincinnati, Ohio. “That makes me think of the Dr. Suess quote, ‘We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness […]
Cameron, Walrath Lead 2022 CMP Regional Air Rifle Championship
The results are in for the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) Three-Position Regional Air Rifle Championship! The event was held at CMP’s own air gun competition centers in Ohio and Alabama, March 31-April 2, as well as in Utah using CMP’s mobile electronic range, assembled April 7-9. The annual, national-level competition series is designed for junior […]