All Weapons Weekend!

I had a totally awesome weekend thanks to a military friend of mine. I've never been involved in any type of shooting competition before so I was a little nervous but I was invited to get a team of four people together for this competition. It took place on the National Guard training facility off of Arizona State Route 79. Our group represented PCSO and we came in seventh overall in the civilian category of the competition, and 13th place overall.. Me personally I came in 63rd in the individual competition out of around 150 participants. We mainly shot targets with our AR-15s and the courses included pop-up targets an unknown distance targets from 100 to 500 m. One of the courses was a machine gun range which was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Many of the military instructors said that our team did very well but we were just there to have a good time and get sunburned. Amber isn't too big into guns so I know she would've been bored if she was there watching the competition by being involved was definitely a good time. So much so that the people I invited to be on the team want to do it again next year. even though some of the courses were geared toward military engagement, it was still useful to myself and my team in the line of work that we do. Here are some of the pics from the weekend:

 

   

“We must know and realize that, just as Winston Churchill said in a critical hour during World War II, ‘to every man [and young woman] there comes . . . that special moment when [they are] figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a special thing unique to [them].’ ”

Elaine S. Dalton, “Come Let Us Go Up to the Mountain of the Lord,” Ensign, May 2009, 123