bunk22
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...with 160 kills, nice1
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/meet_the_big_shot_BxlVpxzQijkC9mwZcmwkrN
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/meet_the_big_shot_BxlVpxzQijkC9mwZcmwkrN
Navy SEAL is now America's top Sniper...
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Adler
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...I may just have to buy my first non school required book
PhilosopherPilot
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Wow, keep impressing us with your intelligence. Reading is for nerds!
/sarcasm
Seriously?
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Adler
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yup.
Mark815
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dude read a book! I just bought 2 the other day, "Warthog" and "Strike Eagle"
...and "Our Bodies Our Selves" ADMIT IT!
Mark815
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I was saving that one for myself when I go on the road this week!
A Life Aloft
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That is awesome! I especially liked his comment..... so typical of a professional service man.... says it all:
He retired a chief petty officer, and along the way, collected an armload of hardware, including two Silver Stars and five Bronze Stars with valor.
“That’s just candy,” Kyle said. “That’s not why we were there.”
Tram
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He'll be caught up with Kuklinksi before he knows it!
Vector4Food
This job would be easier without all the airplanes
Honestly, I'm guessing it's a fake name... these terrorists play the long game... last thing I'd want is being attacked at home by some home grown extremist.
Tram
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Well, fake or not, you can go visit him in Dallas. You can take all sorts of shooting classes, even down to 1 on 1 training with him. Pretty hard guy to locate.
bunk22
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Doesn't that dude have like 360 kills though?
Nick
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If I were the home grown extremist, I don't think I'd be going anywhere near this guy's house.
USMC-SSGT
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While an amazing feat...I would read his book and then read "White Feather" which is about Carlos Hathcock. The sniper game is different now and being graded on total kills should be on a scale. Typically the modern sniper doesnt have to stalk anymore.
Not saying this guy isnt good because he is probably every bit as good a shot as some of yesterdays heros of the model 70.
Not saying this guy isnt good because he is probably every bit as good a shot as some of yesterdays heros of the model 70.
bunk22
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To hear Carlos Hathcock's story of going against the NVA's top sniper, the Cobra (I think that's what he was called), is crazy. They hunged each other for days and Hatcock killed him with supposedly, a round through the Cobra's scope.
http://www.angelfire.com/tx4/Corps/Sniper.html
The US was once again forced to start a sniper school from scratch. By the end Marine and Army snipers encountered conditions similar to WWI. Although support for the snipers vanished with the cease-fire, their exile would be a short one. In 1965 the Americans threw their full weight in arsenal against North Vietnam. Us forces were confounded that the Vietnamese were able to beat technology with cunning and stealth. Snipers were again rushed to war. Marine Captain Edward J Land, was among the first snipers to hit South East Asia. From Hill 55 south of De Nang, Land trained his scout snipers in his platoon into combat. Their job was to operate in teams of two. The sniper was now paired with a spotter, who directed his fires for kills up to a mile away. By 1966 hundreds of teams of snipers patrolled the land in South Vietnam. The army opted for concentrated firepower; the Marines took their toll letting their teams loose to take their toll on the VC. When they left their command it was the most dangerous time, facing booby traps, VC, you never knew for sure who was your enemy. Any mistake at all and that sniper wouldn't come home. Starlight scopes, specialized early night vision, enabled the sniper to wield death in the darkest of night. Soon the snipers were beating the VC at their own game. Carlos Hathcock was among the well-known snipers. In 1966 Hathcocks bullets began reeking havoc. Over three days in the remote Elephant Valley, Hathcock alone destroyed an entire North Vietnamese Company. Once he crawled through a snake infested field at delivered one shot and killed a Vietnamese General in his own base camp. The American correspondents exposed him, as the enemy never could. Soon bounties were set on his and other snipers heads. A North Vietnamese sniper was sent to kill Hathcock. Rising to the threat Hathcock and his spotter were soon in the bush. For two days they tracked this sniper by bow they were calling him The Cobra. When a shot pierced his spotters’ canteen, Hathcock realized that The Cobra was in range. Hathcock patiently waited for The Cobra to make a mistake. Late that afternoon Hathcocks restraint was rewarded. He saw the glint of The Cobras scope took aim , shot through The Cobras scope into his eye and out his head.
http://www.angelfire.com/tx4/Corps/Sniper.html
The US was once again forced to start a sniper school from scratch. By the end Marine and Army snipers encountered conditions similar to WWI. Although support for the snipers vanished with the cease-fire, their exile would be a short one. In 1965 the Americans threw their full weight in arsenal against North Vietnam. Us forces were confounded that the Vietnamese were able to beat technology with cunning and stealth. Snipers were again rushed to war. Marine Captain Edward J Land, was among the first snipers to hit South East Asia. From Hill 55 south of De Nang, Land trained his scout snipers in his platoon into combat. Their job was to operate in teams of two. The sniper was now paired with a spotter, who directed his fires for kills up to a mile away. By 1966 hundreds of teams of snipers patrolled the land in South Vietnam. The army opted for concentrated firepower; the Marines took their toll letting their teams loose to take their toll on the VC. When they left their command it was the most dangerous time, facing booby traps, VC, you never knew for sure who was your enemy. Any mistake at all and that sniper wouldn't come home. Starlight scopes, specialized early night vision, enabled the sniper to wield death in the darkest of night. Soon the snipers were beating the VC at their own game. Carlos Hathcock was among the well-known snipers. In 1966 Hathcocks bullets began reeking havoc. Over three days in the remote Elephant Valley, Hathcock alone destroyed an entire North Vietnamese Company. Once he crawled through a snake infested field at delivered one shot and killed a Vietnamese General in his own base camp. The American correspondents exposed him, as the enemy never could. Soon bounties were set on his and other snipers heads. A North Vietnamese sniper was sent to kill Hathcock. Rising to the threat Hathcock and his spotter were soon in the bush. For two days they tracked this sniper by bow they were calling him The Cobra. When a shot pierced his spotters’ canteen, Hathcock realized that The Cobra was in range. Hathcock patiently waited for The Cobra to make a mistake. Late that afternoon Hathcocks restraint was rewarded. He saw the glint of The Cobras scope took aim , shot through The Cobras scope into his eye and out his head.