United States Army Marksmanship Unit

The United States Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU or AMU) is a part of U.S. Army providing small arms marksmanship training for soldiers and enhancing army recruiting. The unit was orignally established 1. March 1956 at the direction of president Dwight D. Eisenhower to the mission of exclusively winning international competitions, which at the time was dominated by the Soviet Union.

The today AMU consist of six competitive shooting sections:
 * Action shooting
 * ISSF rifle
 * Service Rifle
 * Pistol (cross-functional team)
 * Shotgun
 * Paralympic