Download the PRNAA Newsletter highlighting NATCON 2012 by clicking HERE.

US Air Force Drill Team to Perform at NATCON 2012!

The United States Air Force’s 11th Operations Group has confirmed that the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team will perform at the 2012 Pershing National Drill Competition scheduled for March 17, 2012, at the 5th Regimental Armory in Baltimore, MD. Their exhibition, to begin at Noon, showcases their precision, professionalism, strength and dexterity, including their precise marching and crisp rifle drill. The exhibition is free and open to the public.

This will be a standard 16-person performance which features a professionally choreographed sequence of show-stopping weapon maneuvers, precise tosses, complex weapon exchanges, and a walk through the gauntlet of spinning weapons.

The Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team is the traveling component of the Air Force Honor Guard and inspires Air Force awareness among military and civilian audiences through its complex drill routine. In all they do, the Drill Team personifies the integrity, discipline, teamwork, and professionalism of every Airman and every Air Force mission.

For more information about NATCON, please click HERE or call Jim Ridley at (631) 730-3910 or email him at jridley3@optonline.net.

The Pershing Rifles National Alumni Association (formally the Federation of Pershing Rifles Alumni Associations) was created in 2007 with a mission of continuing to foster the bonds of brotherhood established during our undergraduate years as active members of the National Society of Pershing Rifles. In 2010 it was made the official alumni association of the Pershing Rifles.

The goals of PRNAA are simple:

1. Continue to foster the bonds of brotherhood among alumni members of the National Society of Pershing Rifles by coordinating, supporting, and sponsoring alumni events at the local, regional, and national levels.
2. Assist in the establishment of local, collegiate level alumni associations.
3. Provide a medium through which alumni at large can interact with fellow Pershing Riflemen, connect with former classmates, and participate in Pershing Rifles active and alumni events.
4. Assist the active leadership of the National Society of Pershing Rifles in the accomplishment of their mission without interference into the daily operations of the undergraduates.

Pershing Riflemen, friends, families, and guests - the 2011 Pershing Rifles National Convention and Alumni Reunion (NATCON) has passed, but not quietly! This year's event was a great success, with P/R Alumni from over 15 units, plus more than 300 Riflemen and guests attending the formal dinner on Saturday night.

For those of you who did not attend, please look through the Special Edition release of the Pershing Sentinel Newsletter by clicking on the crest below. There you will see photos and notes from the event - and see what you missed out on!. If you were able to attend, we thank you for your support and hope you enjoy browsing through the videos and photos in our Photo Gallery.

Thank you again. It was great to see our fellow Brothers and Sisters in Columbus this past March and we look forward to seeing you as well as some new faces at NATCON 2012 in Baltimore!!

Click HERE to watch a video from NATCON 2008 at Daytona Beach, Florida.