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2007 Association Soldier of the Year SFC Grant L. Singley   A Soldier of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit has been named as the Military Marksmanship Association Soldier of the Year. Sergeant First Class Grant L. Singley, a service rifle shooter with the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit Service Rifle Team, has been selected as the Military Marksmanship Association Soldier of the Year for 2007. MMA president, retired Colonel Robert I. Hoidahl, Jr., made the announcement at the MMA Annual Membership Meeting January 18th at the Pool International Shooting Complex.  Colonel Hoidahl presented the Soldier of the Year Award to Singley – a .45-caliber pistol donated by the Smith & Wesson Corporation. A special thanks to Smith & Wesson Corporation for their continued support of the MMA Soldier of the Year by their generous donation of the trophy pistol. Singley, a Henry, Illinois, native, graduated from Henry Senachwine High School in 1989 before enlisting in the Army later that year.  After completing Basic Training and Infantry Training at Fort Benning, he was assigned to the Army Marksmanship Unit in December 1989. Singley has been awarded three Meritorious Service Medals, five Army Commendation Medals, Army Achievement Medal, five Good Conduct Medals, Army Superior Unit Award, Distinguished Rifleman Badge and President's Hundred Tab. "Singley takes great pride supporting the warfighter," said Donald Heuman, head coach of the USAMU Service Rifle Team. "He knows that supporting the warriors on the battlefield is paramount and has mounted many arduous hours in support of our warriors.  He has demonstrated time and time again his ability to teach advanced marksmanship to those leaders who are in need of better marksmanship skills and knowledge.  His untiring devotion and his efforts supporting the Army's war on terror is a tribute to his dedication to the Army Marksmanship Unit and the Army." Singley expressed gratitude to the MMA for the award and thanked his teammates and coaches from the USAMU Service Rifle Team and the gunsmiths of the USAMU Custom Firearms Shop for their contributions. In 2007, Singley was a member of the Winning Interservice Championship 10-Man Team, the winning National Infantry Trophy Team and the winning National Trophy Team.  At the National Rifle Matches at Camp Perry, Ohio, in August, he was the individual winner of the Mountain Man, Forces Command, Association of the U.S. Army, 25th Infantry Division, Rattlesnake and Porter Trophies. Shooting Accomplishments of SFC Singley 2000 Winner, National Trophy Individual Rifle Match - New Record 497-21x 1999 Member, Record-Setting Interservice 10-Man Team 1998 and 1996 National Service Rifle Champion 1998 and 1997 Member, Winning National Trophy Team 1996 Member, Record-Setting National Infantry Trophy Team 1996 Interservice Champion Two-Time President’s Hundred Winner Photographs and biographical data provided by Paula J. Randall, U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit Public Affairs Office, (706) 545-5436. Biographical data edited by the Association’s Webmaster. Back to Top