{"id":69087,"date":"2016-11-22T12:38:11","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T17:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=69087"},"modified":"2016-11-22T12:38:11","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T17:38:11","slug":"decorated-marksman-in-okc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=69087","title":{"rendered":"“Decorated marksman” in OKC"},"content":{"rendered":"

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UpNorth sends us a link to a Military.com<\/a> article about that shooter in Oklahoma City last week. In the headline and in the first paragraph, they call the shooter a “decorated marksman” because more than twenty years ago he once qualified as an “Expert” with his service weapon.<\/p>\n

Federal records show a man who police say shot and killed a former co-worker outside an Oklahoma City airport last week was a decorated marksman during a four-year career in the U.S. Army.<\/p>\n

Military records obtained by The Associated Press on Monday show 45-year-old Lloyd Dean Buie received an expert marksmanship badge during his stint as an infantryman from 1991 to 1995.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The article, though, uses the term as if it’s an explanation for why he shot 52-year-old Michael Winchester. I qualified “expert” every six months, it’s not a big deal and I certainly wouldn’t say that I was a “decorated marksman” because of it. The shot in OKC was only at a distance of 50 meters, the shortest distance of all of the targets on the qualification range – even the worst shooters could have made that shot. <\/p>\n

Like UpNorth, I would expect that characterization from the Associated Press, but not Military.com. The Associated Press thinks that a NDSM, an Army Service Ribbon and a Good Conduct medal make you “highly decorated”, so….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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