Civilian Marksmanship Program

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WHAT TO BRING . Dress for all phases of the workshop is informal. Workshop participants will be expected to do some position and dry fire work with M1 Garand or Springfield rifles so you may want to bring your own shooting jacket and glove, etc. Participants attending the Camp Perry, Ohio or the Anniston, Alabama workshops do not need to bring their rifles. Rifles will be provided there by the CMP. Students in the Camp Perry and Anniston workshops will also have opportunities to fire the new AR-type air rifles in the CMP’s new National Match Air Rifle events.

The CMP was created by the U.S. Congress as part of the 1903 War Department Appropriations Act. The original purpose was to provide civilians an opportunity to learn and practice marksmanship skills so they would be skilled marksmen if later called on to serve in the U.S. military. Over the years the emphasis of the program shifted to focus on youth development through marksmanship. From 1916 until 1996 the CMP was administered by the U.S. Army.

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