Sniper

Counter Tactics How To Avoid Trouble Once the SHTF People tend to want to go on the offensive when they are scared or are convinced someone or some group is out to get them. If you are in a military unit then offensive and defensive strategies are a part of life. Orders come down to defend your position or take a position currently occupied by the enemy. In the civilian world, you are mainly in a defensive position. Your home has alarm systems, fences, walls or other barriers designed to keep…

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.. The definition of unscathed, according to Webster, is without suffering any injury, damage, or harm. I sometimes wonder if this just means physically or does in include emotional wounds. Not saying that I have been scathed by anything I have been through or conquered, I’m just wondering. The definition of a combat veteran, according to me, is a beer drinking, flag flying, barbequing American. It isn’t someone who…

“White Feather Sniper”. One of Carlos Hathcock’s most famous achievements was firing an enemy over enemy’s own rifle scope which had hit him in the eye and killed him instantly. First, before, Carlos Hathcock deployed to Vietnam he won shooting championships. Including…

A squad of American soldiers are pinned down by sniper on the roof of a building of a village in Afghanistan. The squad has two options to deal with the threat. Their first is to have a nearby American sniper team in the area kill the enemy sniper. The second is for a member of the squad to use a Switchblade “kamikaze” drone to kill the sniper with a small explosive. Assuming both options have a low risk of collateral damage and accomplish the same goal, the two choices though differing in…

The Russian winter was more unforgiving than past years. Which in return made it difficult for the young Soviet sniper to hold his rifle steadily, due to the shaking and trembling of his hands and body. His name is Aleksei Sokolov, he is 18 and he will have been in combat for about 4 months by tomorrow. He used to work under his father in the family’s watch store in Kronstadt in Saint Petersburg, Russia. That is, until Germany broke the non-aggression pact and began invading his motherland.…

Scot "Chris" Kyle was a former navy seal, and was the most lethal sniper in the U.S. military history with over 160 kills confirmed by the Department of Defense. He was born on April 8, 1974 in Odessa, TX, and died on February 2, 2013 in Erath County, TX. He served 4 tours in the Iraq War. He received numerous awards for acts of heroism during combat. After he went to (BUDS) he was assigned to the sniper platoon charlie. During his first tour in Iraq the insurgents in Ramadi…

Garand), still with the smell of gunpowder and smoke in my nostrils. But I continue to go get my gun I grab it and shoot the Germans pouring in the wood rotten trenches. Then I get out of the trench someone yells my name, ”VICTOR GET DOWN!” Enemy snipers are in the bunkers, along with the enemy artillery. At that moment I remember my dad lost his life in WW1 when I was just a toddler. Then John’s shot in his brain, Hell that's another death with more to come.…

"Have a nice trip to hell." Smirking, the American agent looked through the sight of his pistol, staring straight into the recently captured Russian spy's eyes. Fun as this may be, he still had to line up the shot properly so that there was no chance of the spy's survival. Grasping the trigger now, the American slowly exhaled, so as to remain absolutely still. He aimed the gun at the left side of the Russian's chest and pulled the trigger. As the bullet hit him, the spy recoiled, let out his…

1.Symbolism is a big part of the short story Flight. The entire story leads up to the death of Pepe which symbolizes that he has entered man hood. In the Bloom article it says “No longer able to run, he stands high on top of a rock and faces his pursuers’ bullets head on. Thus, according to the precepts of his family and his culture, Pepe dies a “man” (Werlock). 2.Death has a significant role in this story. Pepe father died when he accidently fell on a rattle snake. This is significant because…

Each only has two decisions. Let us compare and contrast there relations to each other. The title of the story is “Sniper”. The main character doesn’t have a name but it does say he is a Republican Sniper. The sniper was obviously in the army and was on duty. The conflict of the story was that the sniper was wounded by his opposed enemy. So, it was a hard for the Republican Sniper to kill his opposed enemy. So, he decided to trick…