Small arms championships hone combat skills By Joe Burlas March 23, 2004 Staff Sgt. Charles Blackwell, Texas National Guard, tackles a 500-yard target during the All-Army Small Arms Championships. Blackwell won the last event in 1994 and was announced March 22 as the 2004 individual champion. Photo by Joe Burlas FORT BENNING, Ga. (Army News Service, March 23, 2004) -- While the All-Army Small Arms Championships is an M-16 rifle and M-9 pistol competition, this year it is also an advanced marksmanship workshop that will help competitors share combat skills with Soldiers at their home units. More than 170...