Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Hoyle waits at the starting point of his next match, May 22, 2017, at the Australian Army Skills at Arms Meeting in Puckapunyal, Australia. The competition brought together 20 teams from countries around to participate and learn from one another. AASAM incorporated various combat shooting drills to test the skills of each country. Hoyle, a native of Old Fort, North Carolina, is the operations chief with Weapons Training Battalion aboard Quantico, Virginia.

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