” But what really kills the story is his “dabbling” in being a sniper. That makes absolutely no sense.”
Oh, I don’t know. My oldest brother was an occasional sniper in Vietnam. He was assigned to an engineering unit, but was sometimes called on to be the long gun on ambushes. He was also called away to sit on an airport’s roof during the Israeli hostage crisis during the Munich Olympics when he just happened to be stationed there The Army let him use a very nice customized rifle although compared to what they use now, I thought it just looked like a tricked out hunting rifle.
Good point, but this guy was 38 years old in 2003 when we went into Iraq. He was essentially a "senior citizen" in the military world.
Senior NCOs don't go on sniper missions. He was a platoon sergeant, pushing 40, and was a sniper missions? Snipers are Staff Sergeants and below.
This guy saying he was a 40 year old Sergeant First Class platoon sergeant that had a part-time job as a sniper (with over 120 kills) is like a Battalion Commander sneaking away to pull guard duty at a checkpoint.
Sorry, I just don't buy it.
This dude personally killed nearly 3000 bad guys? There are entire battalions that don't get that many kills.