Three Army National Guardsmen won this year’s International Sniper Competition, Task and Purpose reported. Team leader Sgt. 1st Class Erik Vargas of the New Mexico Army National Guard, along with Staff Sgts. Benjamin Cotten and Allen Smith, both of the Arkansas Army National Guard, beat 34 other teams from U.S. military branches and military snipers from other countries….

The Marine Corps is deactivating its once women-only recruit battalion at Parris Island, South Carolina. More woman Marines will now be trained in San Diego, California, Stars and Stripes reported….

The Army is considering whether private companies can take over operations of dining hall facilities and make them look more like the food courts with familiar brands that are on many college campuses, Stars and Stripes recently reported. Food vendors were set to respond earlier this week with their proposals to operate food facilities for a pilot program at Fort Drum, New York, Fort Carson, Colorado, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Fort Stewart, Georgia and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington….

A labor dispute at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois has more than 400 workers on the job without a contract, Federal News Network reported.

Army National Guard Warrior Training Center photo by Capt. Janice Rintz