{"id":284366,"date":"2024-09-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=284366"},"modified":"2024-09-20T13:40:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T13:40:26","slug":"soldiers-stationed-at-u-s-army-garrison-wiesbaden-shoot-for-the-schutzenschnur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=284366","title":{"rendered":"Soldiers stationed at U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden shoot for the Sch\u00fctzenschnur"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Hosted by the German Army’s Landeskommando Hessen, Soldiers from the 56th Artillery Command, 2nd Multi-Domain Task Force, U.S. Army Europe and Africa, 2nd Theater Signal Brigade and 102nd Strategic Signal Battalion, 66th Military Intelligence Brigade, 86th Airlift Wing and Marine Embassy Guard competed to earn the German Army’s marksmanship badge, known as the Sch\u00fctzenschnur, at the German Army’s Altendiez firing range Sept. 12, 2024.<\/p>\n

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ALTENDIEZ, Germany – At the invitation of the Bundeswehr Landeskommando Hessen (Bundeswehr Hesse State Command), approximately 30 Soldiers stationed at U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden competed at the Bundeswehr Shooting Range in Altendiez, Germany, Sept. 12, to earn the German Sch\u00fctzenschnur.<\/p>\n

The German Sch\u00fctzenschnur is a decoration of weapons proficiency for enlisted Soldiers.<\/p>\n

The American Soldiers took the opportunity to earn the coveted Sch\u00fctzenschnur badge by participating in a shooting event that consisted of two weapons, firing rounds to qualify on the German armed forces P8 semi-automatic pistol and the standard Bundeswehr rifle, the G36.<\/p>\n

“I had so many hands go up and there were more who wanted to go,” said Maj. Brandon McFarlane, Headquarters U.S. Army Europe and Africa G3 Civil Affairs Division, about the Landeskommando invitation. “I’ve done the march portion of the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge (GAFPB) before. It was tough, but we did it, just like we are going to do the Sch\u00fctzenschnur as the next step towards the GAFPB.”<\/p>\n

Staff Sgt. Kasey Griffin from the 66th Military Intelligence battalion spoke about the pride she would feel, from earning the Bundeswehr badge.<\/p>\n

“It is a challenge, and to be able to participate in the partnership with the Landeskommando Hessen is an experience I will never forget,\u201d said Griffin.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am confident I\u2019ll make it\u201d, said Spc. Mia Shaw, who also serves with the 66th MI. \u201cI am used to handling a pistol, so it should not be a problem to deal with the P8 and shoot some reasonable results.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Marines often serve in a variety of special capacities, whether protecting our Nation\u2019s embassies abroad or recruiting the next generation of United States Marines. Two Marines, Sgt. Dillon Houk and his teammate, Sgt. Markus Jones, both serving as security guards for the Germany embassy in Frankfurt, also took on the Sch\u00fctzenschnur challenge.<\/p>\n

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\n Staff Sgt. Kasey Griffin of the 66th Military Intelligence Battalion spoke about the pride she would feel from earning the German Armed Forces Badge. “It’s a challenge, and being able to participate in the partnership with the Hesse State Command is an experience I will never forget,” said Griffin. “I’m confident I can do it,” said Specialist Mia Shaw, who also serves with the 66th MI. “I am used to handling a pistol, so it should be no problem to handle the P8 and shoot some decent results.”<\/p>\n

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Houk said, \u201cTo pull the trigger of the German P8 is different from what I am used to dealing with.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe German pistol seems a bit bigger, but sure, I am convinced that we will meet this challenge,\u201d Jones added.<\/p>\n

Soldiers from the 56th Artillery Command, 2nd Multi-Domain Task Force, U.S. Army Europe and Africa, 2nd Theater Signal Brigade and 102nd Strategic Signal Battalion, 66th Military Intelligence Brigade, 86th Airlift Wing and Marine Embassy Guard competed in the event. At the end of the day 28 of the Soldiers received a medal, three of them gold, 12 silver and 13 bronze.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hosted by the German Army’s Landeskommando Hessen, Soldiers from the 56th Artillery Command, 2nd Multi-Domain Task Force, U.S. Army Europe and Africa, 2nd Theater Signal Brigade and 102nd Strategic Signal Battalion, 66th Military Intelligence Brigade, 86th Airlift Wing and Marine Embassy Guard competed to earn the German Army’s marksmanship badge, known as the Sch\u00fctzenschnur, at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284368,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-284366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=284366"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284373,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284366\/revisions\/284373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/284368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=284366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=284366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=284366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}