| Since its inception in 1917, Marine Corps Base, Quantico, has been
the "frontline of innovation." Marine concepts, doctrine, training,
and equipment of the future are initiated aboard the Base. The techniques
of amphibious warfare, for which the Corps is renowned, were conceived
and perfected here. The tactics of close-air support and vertical envelopment
using helicopters were also developed within its borders. As attention
is focused on future battlefields, the Marine Corps and other branches
of Service are looking to Quantico to lead the way with technological
advances as well as creative and innovative thinking. |
The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) promotes
firearms safety training and rifle practice for all qualified U.S.
citizens with special emphasis on youth. The CMP operates through
a network of affiliated shooting clubs and associations that covers
every state in the U.S. The clubs and associations offer firearms
safety training and marksmanship courses as well as the opportunity
for continued practice and competition. |
| America's foremost defender of Second Amendment rights, the NRA
has, since its inception, been the premier firearms education organization
in the world. With nearly three million members, the NRA champions
Second Amendment rights and shooting programs.
NRA's Competitive Shooting Division offers a wide range of activities
in all types of shooting, for everyone from the novice to the world-class
competitor. The NRA sanctions over 10,000 shooting tournaments and
sponsors over 50 national championships each year. |
| The National Skeet Shooting Association is a non-profit organization
owned and operated by its members. With nearly 20,000 members, it is
the largest organization in the world dedicated solely to the sport
of skeet shooting.
The NSSA is dedicated to the development of the sport at all levels of participation
and vows to create an atmosphere of healthy competition and meaningful fellowship
within its membership. Shooters who want to compete can enter fun shoots and
skeet shooting tournaments. |
| USA Shooting, a 501c3 non-profit corporation, was chartered by the
United States Olympic Committee as the National Governing Body for
the sport of shooting in April 1995. It is USA Shooting's mission
to prepare American athletes to win Olympic medals, promote the shooting
sports throughout the U.S., and govern the conduct of international
shooting in the country. The organization implements and manages development
programs and sanctions events at the local, state, regional, and national
levels. |
