By Ashley Dugan, CMP Staff Writer BUTNER, N.C. – Competitors, start planning! Only a few open spots remain for the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) Mid-Range 3×600 event at the 2024 Eastern CMP Games, CMP Pistol and CMP Cup Matches! Additionally, those who attend the Eastern Games will have two days of Long Range competition and the chance to purchase surplus .30-06, .30 Carbine and .22LR ammo – offered onsite. Eastern Games is set to be held April 26 through May 5 at the Camp Butner Training Facility in North Carolina and features a lineup of rifle and pistol competitions for enthusiasts ..read more

As part of an ongoing commitment to making sure we are communicating beyond social media and our various online discussion forms, you should expect to see more formal updates about once a quarter; the last one was in January, recapping the year, the national meeting, and talking about things to come! SHOT Show 2024 We once again attended the SHOT Show earlier this year, though in a less splashy way. Attendance is expensive, and booth prices skyrocketed, so we sent representatives to have meetings and walk the floor. A smaller, more focused group, but a persistent reminder to the rest of the gu ..read more

By Ashley Dugan, CMP Staff Writer CAMP PERRY, Ohio – Calling all vendors! Reservations are now being accepted by the Ohio National Guard for space on the celebrated Camp Perry Commercial Row: an entire section dedicated to retailers during the annual National Matches. Each year, the month-long National Matches, facilitated through a partnership between the Ohio National Guard and the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP), welcomes thousands of rifle, pistol and air gun individuals from around the country to Camp Perry, located near Port Clinton, Ohio. All events are open to the public. Spectator ..read more

Submitted by Robert Cantrell (Edited by the CMP) Hello! My name is Robert Cantrell, and I am just a run-of-the-mill competitive shooter and match director in Paducah, Ky. A little of my background – I like shooting rifle and have done a lot more rifle competitions than pistol across time. But I, unfortunately, have no Excellence-In-Competition points at all in rifle toward a Distinguished Rifleman Badge. That’s quite unlike my great shooting friend, Larry, who got Distinguished in rifle in 2015 with Badge #2247. Great job, Larry! Robert Cantrell and the Warner & SwaseyThis is me trying to ..read more

Published by the Garand Collector’s Association, GCA Journal – Winter 2023 It has now been a year since the GCA and CMP (in a joint partnership) announced the creation of the “Master Marksman Program”. This program was created to motivate GCA members to participate in CMP matches, and to acknowledge those who consistently score well with As-Issued M1 Rifles at designated Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) competitions.  Similar to the CMP’s established Distinguished Badge Program, the new Master Marksman Program works on an Achievement Award point system, based on performance at d ..read more

By Ashley Dugan, CMP Staff Writer TALLADEGA, Ala. – The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) has announced it will be hosting several informative Steyr firearm courses in April, all available at the Talladega Marksmanship Park in Alabama. Talladega Marksmanship Park will host a variety of Steyr training courses in April. Photo: Steyr Steyr Arms, Inc. is a firearms manufacturer with over 150 years of innovation. A world-renowned leader, the company specializes in products that are often utilized by military and law enforcement, due to their incomparable reliability standards. As a subsidiary to ..read more

By Ashley Dugan, CMP Staff Writer CAMP PERRY, Ohio – The precision class at the 2024 JROTC National Three-Position Championship was a rinse and repeat version of last year’s competition – with both Marine Corps team Granbury High School and Danjela (Jordan) de Jesus, 18, of the Camden County High School Navy JROTC in Georgia, reclaiming their titles in the individual and team competitions. During the 2023 JROTC National Three-Position Championship, de Jesus, a Navy cadet, not only led the precision air rifle class at the National event but also within all three phases of the competition series ..read more

By Ashley Dugan, CMP Staff Writer TALLADEGA, Ala. – John O’Donnell, 66, of St. Louis, Mo., was a force at the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) 2024 Talladega Spring Classic, carrying wins in the .22, Center Fire and .45 Pistol matches, the Pistol 2700 Aggregate and the Military & Police and As-Issued 1911 competitions. John O’Donnell ruled the pistol lineup by overtaking six events at the 2024 Talladega Spring Classic.  A total of 189 competitors participated in the Talladega Spring Classic, held March 12-17, at CMP’s Talladega Marksmanship Park in Alabama. The crowd was larger t ..read more

By Ashley Dugan, CMP Staff Writer Looking for an entertaining night out with friends, family or maybe even a unique challenge for yourself? Check out the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) March Madness event, set for Thursday, March 28, at the Gary Anderson CMP Competition Center! Open to ages 10 and up, this fun match will be an elimination, bracket-style competition where participants go head-to-head. The highest-scoring individual will move on to the next round until only one remains. The top three competitors will earn a gift card to local businesses!  Entry fee is $15 and this w ..read more

On March 23, 2024, the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) will host the JROTC Three-Position National Championships awards ceremony – recognizing the top sporter and precision air rifle JROTC teams and individuals from across the country. The match prior to the awards ceremony is set to be held March 21-23 at the Gary Anderson CMP Competition Center, located on the grounds of Camp Perry in Ohio. The National Championship is the culminating event of a junior air rifle series that began in September with a total of 5,875 junior cadets in the Postal Championships. Leading scorers moved on to Re ..read more