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Sergeant First
Class "Todd" Graves, a Shotgun Shooter
with the US Army Marksmanship Unit, was selected as the Military
Marksmanship Association Soldier of the Year
for 2000.
The Association's
President, "Mac"
Johnson, made the announcement at
the Annual Meeting on January 20,
2001.
The
Soldier of the Year award is a trophy pistol donated by Smith
& Wesson Firearms Corporation.
A
special thanks to Smith & Wesson Corporation for their generous
donation of the trophy pistol. |
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Sergeant First
Class Graves' 2000 Accomplishments
Olympic
Skeet Bronze Medalist
Department
of the Army Athlete of the Year
U.S.
Olympic Committee Male Shooter of the Year
USA
Shooting Male Shotgun Shooter of the Year
Sergeant First
Class James "Todd" Graves, is a shotgun shooter assigned to
the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, Fort Benning, Georgia.
SFC Graves was
raised in Laurel, Mississippi, and graduated from West Jones High
School in 1982. Todd enlisted in the Army in 1984 and was assigned to
the Marksmanship Unit after he completed Basic and Infantry Training
at Fort Benning, Ga. In 1990, he was assigned as a team leader with
the 20th Infantry Regiment in Korea, then returned to the U.S. Army
Marksmanship Unit in 1991. Todd has attended the Primary Leadership
Development Course, Instructor Training Course, and Basic
Noncommissioned Officers Course.
Shooting
Highlights
1999 Oceanic
Games, Australia, Gold Medalist
1999
Australian-Pacific Grand Prix, Skeet Individual and Team Gold
1998 World
Championships Bronze Medalist
1997 Army Male
Athlete of the Year
1997 USA
Shooting Male Shooter of the Year
1997 World
Championship Skeet Team Gold Medalist
1997 World Cup
Skeet Silver Medalist
Member 1996,
1992, and 2000 U.S. Olympic Shooting Team
2000 Olympic
Skeet Bronze Medallist
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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. |