Captain Horace Wayman Bivins: America’s First Double Distinguished Marksman
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Captain Horace Wayman Bivins: America’s First Double Distinguished Marksman #BlackHistoryMonth
The U.S. Army enacted a Distinguished Marksman program in 1884, a shooting program that has since been opened up to all branches of the military and all civilian shooters. In the 140-year history of the program, with several hundred million marksmen and tens of millions of military personnel eligible to try, by the end of 2025, fewer than 1,300 people have earned a Distinguished rating more than once.
Captain Horace Wayman Bivins was the first person to earn both Distinguished Rifleman and Distinguished Pistol Shot in 1894. A Corporal at the time. Cpt. Bivins was also the first marksman to win three Army marksmanship gold medals in one year.
Cpt. Horace Wayman Bivins, the first Double Distinguished marksman in United States history in 1894, was an African American. Marksmanship competition is objective and doesn’t have against participants. Buffalo Soldiers competed and medalled in these events decades before being allowed to freely participate in baseball and golf.
Army marksmanship programs trace their lineage to when General Philip Sheridan officially created the Distinguished Marksman class, as announced in official General Orders back in 1884 and formalized in 1887.
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