NRA Club Spotlight
Granbury Marine Corps JROTC named 2020 JROTC All Ser vice National Champions Rifle team members of the Granbury Marine Corps JROTC took the top honors as the 2020 JROTC All Service National Champions for the third year in a row. The Civilian Marksmanship Program combined all of the results from the individual JROTC Service Championships and declared results for the 2020 JROTC National Championships based on combined scores from the various branch service championships after being forced to cancel the National Match in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Granbury was 30 points ahead of the 2nd place team. Representing Granbury as the three time National Team Champions was the team of Philip Becker, Allison Henry, Clarissa Layland and Ashton Arlington. In addition to the team championship, Becker placed first as National Champion individually, followed closely by Henry in 4th and Layland in 5th place overall. Each year, in the fall, over 7500 JROTC cadets, representing Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force JROTCs compete in a 22 • NRA CLUB CONNECTION • Summer 2020
postal match. Scores from the postal are used to invite the best teams from each JROTC Service to compete in a shoulder to shoulder competition called Service Championships. The final test is the JROTC National Championship. The best teams from the JROTC Service Championship are invited to compete in the JROTC National Championship, where both individual and team National Champions are crowned. “To have the season end the way it did was not the way we wanted to finish, especially for our seniors. The team was peaking and had just shot some of our top scores. Also, it was exciting to see our freshmen shooters preparing to compete at their first national CMP match. Confidence was high and we really were looking forward to the experience”, said Lt. Col Casey, Senior Marine Instructor at GHS. CMP has combined all of the results from the JROTC Service Championships into a new match on CMP’s Competition Tracker.
