Michael Phelps has said that he is going to take some time off after winning eight gold medals for Team USA.

Gold medal skeet shooter Vincent Hancock?

He’s already back at work.

Hancock, an Eatonton native, is part of the armed marksmanship unit for the United States Army based at Fort Benning near Columbus.

Hancock is an instructor shooter for the Army where he spends almost all of his time training for shooting competitions or training others in various shooting techniques.

“We’re instructor shooters. We compete in the competitions, but we also train the trainer such as drill sergeants coming in teaching them or people going over seas for battle, the ones that will be going into close quarter battle.”

Hancock, 19, began shooting with his dad and brother around the age of 10.

“He got started skeet shooting with me because me and his older brother started shooting competitively when we were younger. He just took it and went right on to another level,” said Vincent’s father Craig.

While Hancock spends every day serving America, getting a chance to win a gold medal was a dream come true.

“Getting the medal and standing up on the podium; It was an honor standing up there and hearing the national anthem playing. It’s an honor to represent my country and my servicemen.”

However, moments earlier, Hancock was as stressed as ever as he had to win a shoot off to earn the events top prize.

“Its the most stressed I’ve ever been in my life, [but] I was very determined. I had the lead by one target and I only had three stations left and they were easy stations. I missed an easy target and it really got me determined.”

While Hancock can not accept any endorsements while in the Army, his gold medal will allow him to do some speaking engagements with media and others as well as aid the Army is recruiting.

“I start media events next week. All heck breaks loose next week. Everything I do is with the army and because of the army through our promotion people.”

Because training is part of his job, Hancock intends to return to the 2012 Olympics in London to defend his gold medal.