The Sniper Narrative

The Sniper exhibits qualities that are both experienced and amateur. O’Flaherty describes the Sniper as “a man who is used to looking at death”, from which we can infer that the sniper has seen many deaths, since a person who is exposed frequently to death gradually grows senseless to it. In the passage, “There was a flash and a bullet whizzed over his head. He dropped immediately.”, we can tell from the “dropped

The war influenced the sniper by forcing him to be brave. In this situation, brave is lying on a roof for many hours scouting the area for

A man known only by his first name, Josie was a blonde man who was captured by the south and brought to Sumter. He was the main character in the movie and lead the “tunnel diggers through the camp with hope and aspirations.

General Magnus had promoted Lt Layton to full Colonel and made him his new Executive Officer/ the other one had been killed by a sniper a week earlier. General Magnus knew it was those SF bastards because the round was a .50 Caliber and had to have been fired from an M107 possibly a mile or so away. It gave everyone pause, thinking now that every single senior officer was a target. What they didn’t know was that it was one of the 28th ID scout platoons that took the shot. Some of them had gone to

I grabbed my gear without question, with a big knot in my stomach. I knew that my mortar section was with A Company 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment to support the Battalion’s

Chris Kyle was a U.S. Navy Seal sniper during the battle of Rhamadi in 2006. Chris is known as the most lethal sniper in American history and for his autobiography American Sniper. The website visionary leader.org says that “visionary leaders require core values, clear vision, empowering relationships and innovative action”. Chris Kyle displayed these characteristics throughout his career. However, his most notable display of these individualities came while performing combat operations in

“Officer Cavil, please meet Federal Agents Sanchez, Ford, and Ross.” Lt. Marshall introduce as they ascend off from their seats.

Sergeant Major Valliant was happy to finally receive a tasking; he got Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 501st PIR to give up a platoon to escort himself and General Cook out to the transportation museum. They loaded up several of the armored Humvees that had M-249 MG mounted in their turret. The others were loaded in old M-35 2.5 tom trucks, each one of them had M-2 .50 Caliber MG mounted in their turrets.

“Acknowledged. Delta get ready we’re almost at the LZ!” Rex ordered. His squad jumped up and grabbed their gear which was spread across the ship. They all checked the power on their weapons and checked the communication links between their

“Officer Cavil, please meet Federal Agents Sanchez, Ford, and Ross.” Lt. Marshall introduced as they rise off from their seats.

Harrison is a British marksman that holds the record for the farthest sniper kill ever recorded. He joined the service at the age of 16 and, in 2009, killed two Taliban shooters from a distance of one and a half miles. Unfortunately, he later suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

“We have a lot to discuss, so let’s begin.” Friday morning, Lt. Marshall shares his plans

We had to move around quick and fire at will to get out of there. We had to do what we could and we decided to keep the house as our harpoint and fire at will. We saw 3 enemies in the tower across and decided those were our targets. My partners decided to take them out while i prepared grenades to start the mission. They had the 3 soldiers in their sights then our captain said “fire”. In a blink of an eye 3 were down and now all the enemies were looking around frantically looking at where the shots came from. The sniper in the left side building saw us as yelled at everyone letting them know where we were. I took some grenades and started throwing them at other houses and under towers to take them down. There was chaos everywhere and gunshots all around us. We were all going to the second floor to get a vantage point when our new soldier went into shock with everything that was happening. He froze and stayed down there without us knowing. We were so into the gunshots and bombs going off that we didn't realize he stayed down there. I rushed down to save him and bring him up. I ran as fast as i could but i was too late, i was in socl that i couldn't rescue my fellow

I followed him to retrieved his name from his headgear nametape and asked him his commanders name as he walked away. He stated. "Aaron Shepard, 2nd Brigade HHC, CPT Tate is my commander, make sure you spell it right mother fucker"

There you are. You’re hiding behind a hastily constructed bunker made to protect yourself from enemy fire. You can hear the enemy firing on your position, and you can feel the shots screaming above your head. The firing ceases for a moment. You pop out, fire off a few rounds, and duck back in; but as you are going back in the shots start up again, and you feel the rounds whizzing past your head and ear. One catches your sleeve. You glance down. No damage. Suddenly you have a fellow fighter there in your bunker with you. He tells you he’s going to try to take the enemy bunker out. Before you can stop him, he charges out of the bunker, gun blazing. A burst of fire, and a cry. You glance out, and see that your teammate