Back at Fort Benning after competing in the 2012 Olympics, three soldiers from the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit returned to the firing ranges today to teach junior shooters from across the country and soldiers honing their shooting skills.

“It’s always good to be home,” said Sgt. 1st Class Eric Uptagrafft, who competed in men's rifle prone. “No matter how great the places I have traveled to, there is no place like home.”

Uptagrafft and Sgt. 1st Class Jason Parker, a shooter in three-position rifle,  spent most of the morning instructing junior shooters in the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit Junior Rifle Camp at Pool Range Complex, while Staff Sgt. Michael McPhail worked with soldiers on Krilling Range at Harmony Church.

The Marksmanship Unit sent seven soldiers to the competition at the Royal Artillery Barracks but Sgt. Vincent Hancock was the only one to strike gold in men’s skeet shooting.

Sgt. 1st Class Josh Olson, the first active-duty soldier to ever qualify for a Paralympics, is the only member of the Marksmanship Unit left to compete in London. Olson, who lost his right leg after he was wounded in Iraq in 2003, will compete in the 10-meter air rifle Sept. 1 and the mixed 50-meter prone rifle Sept. 4.

As an instructor, Uptagrafft said he's teaching the 15-17 year old shooters the basic fundamentals of shooting a small bore .22-caliber rifle at a target the size of a dime 50 meters away. “All the things you use to get to the Olympics are the things these kids are going to use hopefully to get there in eight or nine years,” he said.

Students had to apply to earn a spot at the five-day camp.

Michael Garner, 16, of Celina, Texas, said it’s exciting to get help from world-class shooters and Olympians. “It’s really cool,” Garner said. “I can’t even describe it. It’s really neat.”