Army Marksmanship Unit wins prestigious award at Fort Benning

Amanda Gross

 The highest degrees of sustained excellence are always expected from the U.S. Army's Marksmanship Unit, but it went above and beyond in 2010, earning the Army Superior Unit Award at Fort Benning recently.

This unit was recognized for its "profound and lasting impact on the readiness of the war fighter," Colonel Walter Piatt, commandant of the U.S. Army Infantry School, said at the recent ceremony.

The unit volunteered to embark on its first sustained deployment of unit personnel since Vietnam and its first effort to train indigenous soldiers, the news outlet reports. It also expanded the marksmanship training program while winning an "unparalleled" 27 championship titles in national, global and interservice matches.

"In earning the Superior Unit Award, it reflects the readiness and relevancy that the (USAMU) brings to the Army," Piatt said at the ceremony. "The contributions of this generation of soldiers in our Army in Iraq and Afghanistan and their success have been in large part due to this unit and how they have instilled readiness throughout our force."

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