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US Army’s Amber English sets Olympic record, snags gold in skeet shooting By Skyler Rivera Americans to watch at the Tokyo Olympics This year’s American Olympic team, comprised of familiar faces and some newcomers, will try to add to Team USA’s impressive and world-leading medal count. TOKYO - U.S. Army 1st Lt. Amber English took home the gold and set an Olympic record in women’s skeet shooting on July 26. But before arriving in Tokyo, the Colorado Springs-native was based in G...

by   Sgt. 1st Class Elizabeth Marks prepares for the women’s breast stroke finals, in which she took a gold medal, at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex at Walt Disney World, Orlando, Fla., on May 11, 2016. (Senior Master Sgt. Kevin Wallace/U.S. Air Force photo) WASHINGTON — Lying in a hospital bed in Landstuhl, Germany, a 19-year-old combat medic had endured three operations to fix hip injuries suffered in Iraq and now faced the unthinkable: a medical discharge from the Army. Nei...

Soldiers, following in Patton’s bootsteps, will go for modern pentathlon gold at Olympics by   Sgt. Amro Elgeziry takes aim during the 2018 Modern Pentathlon World Cup in Los Angeles. (Nathaniel Garcia/U.S. Army) TOKYO — A pair of soldiers hope to bring modern pentathlon gold medals home to Colorado after this month’s Summer Olympics. Sgt. Samantha Schultz, 29, a truck driver from Littleton, Colo., and Sgt. Amro Elgeziry, a supply specialist from nearby Colorado Springs, wil...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Claressa Shields is the most successful American amateur boxer of her generation. She dominated the middleweight division at the past two Olympics, overwhelming every opponent and becoming the only U.S. fighter to claim two boxing golds. With Shields on to her pro careers in boxing and mixed martial arts, the most successful boxing nation in Olympic history needed a replacement for Tokyo at the weight class Shields had dominated ever since women were allowed ...

Hillary Bor Wins the Men’s Steeplechase at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Benard Keter in second and Mason Ferlic in third make the Olympic team for the first time. Jun 26, 2021 In 89-degree heat in Eugene, Oregon, Hilary Bor won the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials in 8:21.34, earning his second trip to the Games in the event. Benard Keter was second in 8:21.81, and Mason Ferlic finished third in 8:22.05. Keter did not have the O...

Womens Boxing: News Story, Sue TL Fox, WBAN, HBN

KANSAS CITY -- Griffin Jax's wife, Savannah, earned a promotion to the rank of captain in the United States Air Force on May 24. If he'd remained on active duty, he'd have been on schedule to earn his promotion to captain at that point, too. But Jax's promotion schedule was

Lt. Col. Frederick J. Babauta overcomes injuries from 2005 explosion, goes on to an illustrious military career.

U.S. ARMY MARKSMANSHIP UNIT OLYMPIANS U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit Olympians     The U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit has three Soldiers qualified for the 2021 Olympic Games! Spc. Alison Weisz, a marksmanship instructor/competitive marksman for the USAMU International Rifle Team will compete in the Games first event, Womens 10m Air Rifle. This Soldier is from Belgrade, Montana. Sgt. Phillip Jungman, a marksmanship instructor/competitive marksman for the USAMU Shotgun ...

On May 17, 1994, John Register was training in Hays, Kansas  to try out for the 1996 U.S. Olympic team for track and field. “At about 5:29 in the afternoon, I was a combat veteran, a track and field All American at Arkansas, a nine-time gold medal winner at the Armed Forces Competition, had been to the World Military Championships a couple of times,” Register recalls. “I was the eighth-fastest 400 meter hurdler at the time, top 20 in the world, and U.S. News [ & World Report]...