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1995 Association Soldier of the Year
SFC Kevin B. McMahon

Photo of SFC McMahon


Member, Winning Infantry Trophy Team, National Matches
Member, Record Setting National Trophy Team, National Matches
Member, Winning Enlisted Men's Team, National Matches
Winner, Billy C. Atkins Long Range Trophy, National Matches
Winner, National Trophy Individual Match, National Matches
Winner, Forces Command Trophy, National Matches
Third Place, Interservice Individual Rifle Championship
Winner, Interservice Air Force Cup Match
Member, Winning Interservice 10-Man Team
Member, Winning Team, Interservice Marine Corps CDC Match


Sergeant First Class Kevin McMahon, a service rifle shooter assigned to the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, Fort Benning, Georgia.

SFC McMahon, a California native, graduated from James Logan High School in Union City, Calif., in 1981, and continued his civilian education at Flo Valley, St. Louis, Mo. His military training includes Basic and Indirect Fire Infantry Training, Airborne School, Machinist Training, Primary Leadership Development Course, Basic Noncommissioned Officers Course, and Instructor Training Course.

Kevin joined the Army in December 1982 and served as an ammunition bearer, assistant gunner, radio telephone operator, and gunner while assigned to the 1st Battalion, 504th Infantry, 82nd (Airborne) Infantry Division. His next assignment was with the 5th U.S. Army Marksmanship Training Unit where he served as an instructor and shooter. He left the service in December 1986 and joined the Army Reserves in March 1987 where he served as a machinist, ambulance driver, and clerk typist with additional duties as a shooter and instructor for the 102nd Army Reserve Command, 5th Army and all Reserve rifle teams. He left the Reserves to join the regular Army again in May 1993, and was assigned to the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, Fort Benning, Ga. His awards and decorations include the Expert Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge, Distinguished Rifleman Badge, and President's Hundred Tab.

SFC McMahon's Shooting Accomplishments

1996 and 1995 Member, Record Setting Infantry Trophy Team

1997 and 1995 Member, Record Setting National Trophy Team

1999 and 1997 National Trophy Rifle Match Winner

1999 Member, Record Setting Interservice 10-Man Team Match

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Photographs and biographical data provided by Paula J. Randall Pagán, U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit Public Affairs Office, (706) 545-5436. Biographical data edited by the Association’s Webmaster.