
Civilians by the CMP: (listed with exact inscription): RIFLEįormer Army and Marine Corps Rifle Marksmanship Badges, retired from the Army in 1921 and from the Marine Corps in 1958.įormer Army Pistol Marksmanship badges, replaced by the Army Marksmanship Qualification Badges with Pistol Qualification Clasp in 1921. The following Army Weapon Qualification Clasps are currently authorized under AR670-1 however, only Rifle, Small Bore Rifle, Pistol, and Small Bore Pistol are awarded to U.S. Suspended from the badge are Army Weapon Qualification Clasps that indicate the type of weapon the individual has qualified to use. Civilians who qualify at three different qualification levels (highest to lowest): Expert, Sharpshooter, and Marksman. The United States Army award Army Marksmanship Qualification Badges to soldiers and foreign military personnel while the CMP awards these same badges to U.S. United States Army Marksmanship Qualification Badges Civilians in 1918 and today's Winchester/NRA Marksmanship Qualification Program is one of NRA's flagship programs. The NRA began awarding its own Marksmanship Qualification Badges to U.S. Civilians who meet Army weapon qualification standards as well as its own badges to youth for air rifle marksmanship. Army Marksmanship Qualification Badges to U.S. The CPRPFS's Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) awards U.S. Civilians, the Office of the Director of Civilian Marksmanship, now known as the Corporation for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and Firearm Safety (CPRPFS), and the National Rifle Association (NRA) began promoting civilian marksmanship in 1903. The Navy developed its own short lived Marksmanship Qualification Badge, known as the Sharpshooter's Badge, but retired it after only ten years in liou of awarding Marksmanship Ribbons and Medals. The Marine Corps began by awarding Army Marksmanship Qualification Badges but eventually developed its own badge design, based on the original Army designs from the early 1900s. Navy began awarding Marksmanship Qualification Badges as well. Army began awarding Marksmanship Qualification Badges to those soldiers that met specific weapon qualification standards. Starting in the late 19th century, the U.S. 2.4 Marine Corps Marksmanship Competition Badges.1.4 Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps.Civilians while the NRA awards badges for smallbore rifle and a variety of pistols to U.S. Armed Forces award rifle and pistol competition badges and the CMP awards air rifle, rifle, and pistol badges to U.S. For Marksmanship Competition Badges, the U.S. Civilians, the CMP issues Army Marksmanship Qualification Badges as well as its own air rifle badges while the NRA issues Marksmanship Qualification Badges for different types of rifles, pistols, and shotguns. Marine Corps only issues Marksmanship Qualification Badges for rifle and pistol. Army issues Marksmanship Qualification Badges for a variety of weapons while the U.S. Armed Forces awarded Marksmanship Competition Badges to service members who succeed in official CMP sanctioned competitions. However, Marksmanship Medals and/or Marksmanship Ribbons are issued by the United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, and United States Air Force for weapons qualifications. Today, the United States Army and the United States Marine Corps are the only military services that issue Marksmanship Qualification Badges. The NRA's Marksmanship Competition Badges are only awarded at one level (gold) with the exception of their Law Enforcement Distinguished Program which awards a Silver Excellence-in-Competition Badge before earning one of the Law Enforcement Distinguished Pistol Badges. The National Rifle Association's (NRA) Marksmanship Qualification Badges are awarded in five or six grades (highest to lowest): Distinguished Expert, Expert, Sharpshooter, Marksman First-Class (Winchester/NRA Marksmanship Qualification Program only), Marksman, and Pro-Marksman. Military's and Civilian Marksmanship Program's (CMP) Marksmanship Qualification Badges are awarded in three grades (highest to lowest): Expert, Sharpshooter, and Marksman while their Marksmanship Competition Badges are typically awarded in gold, silver, and bronze. Civilian badge which is presented to personnel upon successful completion of a weapons qualification course (known as Marksmanship Qualification Badges) or high placement in an official marksmanship competition (known as Marksmanship Competition Badges). Marine Corps service uniform, as seen from left to right: Distinguished Marksman Badge, Distinguished Pistol Shot Badge, and Inter-Division Pistol Competition Badge.Ī Marksmanship Badge is a military badge of the United States Armed Forces or a U.S.


Marksmanship Competition Badges worn on a U.S.
