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The May 2026 Newsletter includes:
-a report on last year’s 2025 Reunion;
-an excerpt from thecmp.org focusing on the 2025 Junior High Power Rifle Clinic;
-a reprint of a wonderful article from the Garand Collectors Association which was written by Jim Swartz and our own Association member, MajGen James “Hammer” Hartsell USMC (Ret), with the article and photos focusing on “Don Bartlett’s Secretary of Defense Interservice Match Award M1 Garands”
-an excerpt taken out of “From Rifle Team Equiment (RTE) To Precision Weapons Section (PWS)” written by Capt. Jim Hill, USMC (Ret);
and,
-a “look back” that was written by Mike Pietroforte: “Creation of the Distinguished Shooters Organization.”