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Over the years, the United States has had its fair share of threats from North Korea. As of Friday, March 29, 2013, North Korea has issued yet another “grim” warning to the United States as their leader Kim Jong-un signed an order to put its nation’s rockets on a combat-ready status. A photo was then […]
I recently returned back to the states working with various special operation snipers in Finland. My time there was spent instructing the units on sniper theory, tactics, precision, counter sniper, and HELO operations. When arriving in the Helsinki capital, one thing came to my immediate attention, the extremely cold weather! Living in south Texas for […]
“Wrap it up boys, we’re moving!” shouted one of the leaders on the ground. “P” had grabbed up Kopps’ assault bag full of ammo and took up a position in front of me. The men from Kopps’ machine gun squad proceeded to carry him out. With two tourniquets wrenched tightly on his upper thigh, still […]
It was now day five for our Sniper/Recon team, which consisted of me (sniper), “P” as my spotter, and four reconnaissance Rangers. We had been gathering intelligence and tracking a high-value target behind enemy lines in southern Afghanistan for the past four days. With the intel we had gathered, we sent up our reports to an assault […]
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is expected to announce that the Pentagon is creating a medal for the men and women who operate and conduct drone and cyber attacks against enemy combatants in combat operations today. This medal will be the first combat-related award to be created since the Bronze Star in 1944. The new medal […]
With the proposed automatic spending cuts, or sequestration set to begin March 1, 2013, Leon Panetta was quoted saying, “These steps would seriously damage a fragile American economy and they would degrade our ability to respond to crisis precisely at a time of rising instability across the globe.” This year, an approximate $46 billion reduction of spending […]
With the limited information about the sniper community within the Regiment, I thought it would be a good idea to shed some light on the men behind the scope. I am often questioned about the selection process for a 75th Ranger Regiment sniper. The complete process may take years before a Ranger can become a sniper […]