Posted on 02/10/2015 8:18:37 AM PST by w1n1
As the movie American Sniper headed for wide release in mid-January, we checked in with three former Marine Corps snipers for their thoughts on the profession, how it changed them, America’s deadliest marksman Chris Kyle, and advice for aspiring snipers.
Caylen Wojcik Former 1st Marine Division Scout Sniper School instructor; deployed as a chief sniper during Operation Iraqi Freedom II; over 100 combat missions; severely wounded by enemy rocket fire during Operation Phantom Fury; founded Central Cascade Precision; now with Magpul Dynamics.
Jason Mann Twenty years in the USMC, 11 in a sniper platoon; retired after 20 years with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department; president of U.S. Marine Corps Scout Sniper Association.
Trey Dominick Joined USMC in 2006; deployed to Afghanistan and twice to Iraq as an infantry assaultman and scout sniper; following honorable discharge, worked for U.S. Embassy in Iraq as a designated defense marksman; currently works for Iron Protection Group in Colorado. The full Marine Corps Scout Snipers story here.
Good read from honest folks who actually know what they are talking about. Give it a little while and some of those who have never pulled a trigger in combat will be telling us how all of this is wrong.
The name ‘Brian Williams’ is missing from that list of Marine snipers.
He’s on the secret list, the one that has his five Medals of Honor and his Croix de Guerre.
Is that Audie Williams?
The same. In fact, while Murphy stood on a burning tank shooting the Nazis with a machine gun, Williams was on the tank next to him shooting a machine gun with each hand! Where do we find such heroes?
The Sniper gives the Commander a precision weapon to use in combat.
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