Sniper's skills keep buddies alive

USA TODAY ^ | 12/26/03 | Matthew Cox

[kattracks]

SAMARA, Iraq

[Iris7]

I have sincere admiration for Sergent Davis. War is not a game, not even a tiny little bit. War is not even like a game, not even a tiny little bit.

I could say a lot more, but those that know, already know. Those that don't, won't understand me. No point in talking further.

[martin_fierro]

Davis fired one shot. "I hit him in the chest. He fell back. His rifle flew out of his hands."

Atta boy. One shot, one kill. That chump got own3d.

[agitator]

ping

[reloader]

It seems that every generation relearns the value of one well placed shot. Well done Sargent.

[harpu]

Hoorah! May your targets continue to be swift and clean kills.

[LouisianaLobster]

Davis says the toughest part of the deployment is that it means a year away from his wife and 6-year-old son. But serving in a war zone is the opportunity to fulfill a dream he's had since he was a kid. "It's one of those things I wanted to do since I was 12," he says. Reading about famous snipers was a favorite pastime. Among his role models: Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock, a Marine sniper in Vietnam with 98 confirmed kills; and Sgt. 1st Class Randy Shugart and Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, two Delta Force snipers who died in Somalia in 1993 trying to rescue the crew of a downed Black Hawk helicopter.

I honestly don't know what i would think if my 12 year old kid would say 'when i grow up i want to shoot people through their heads'.

[tbpiper]

he killed one sniper with a single shot from a .50-caliber XM-107 rifle

Ouch! Bet that's gonna leave a mark.

[sd-joe]

>> "I honestly don't know what i would think if my 12 year old kid would say 'when i grow up i want to shoot people through their heads'." <<

I would think that if you were involved with your kid and raised him/her right, you would understand exactly where the kid was coming from.

It depends on the intentions, doesn't it. There is a world of difference between a criminal serial killer and a professional military person doing his job to protect his country and his civilization.

[Imal]

I honestly don't know what i would think if my 12 year old kid would say 'when i grow up i want to shoot people through their heads'.

Hey, at least he was willing to wait until he grew up.

[Pharmboy]

Say hello to my leetle fren'.

Even I could hit something with this baby...

[Maigrey]

I'm glad to see this article picked up by USA Today.

[Pharmboy]

ping to the picture...

[Maigrey]

But it sounds like this "kid" as you call it understands that he is good at something, and wants to do his part protecting his country.

If taking out the enemy in secret saves 10 lives, so be it.

[Buffalo Head]

Good post. Thank you.

7.62x51mm vs. 7.62x39mm. Skill and finesse vs. hate and bumbling. Soldier vs. murderer. American vs. scumbag.

[Leisler]

Well, you can always hope he'll tell you he wants to wear designer pumps and go to hairdressing school.

[TalBlack]

I honestly don't know what i would think if my 12 year old kid would say 'when i grow up i want to shoot people through their heads'.

7 posted on 12/26/2003 5:20:20 AM PST by LouisianaLobster


The likes of George S. Patton spent their entire working lives in service to their country and preached effectivness in battle to the nth degree with out ever saying anything sick or pathological as you ascribe to those who were and are Men and who have secured for you your freedom.

You, being on such a high moral plane may have missed this. No, no...no need to thank me.

[11th Earl of Mar]

One shot, one kill.

"Aim small, miss small."

[LouisianaLobster]

Well, you can always hope he'll tell you he wants to wear designer pumps and go to hairdressing school.

Hehe, point taken. Anyway, i'm proud of this man and of all our soldiers serving in Iraq and anywhere in the world.

[rageaholic]

I honestly don't know what i would think if my 12 year old kid would say 'when i grow up i want to shoot people through their heads'.

Ask him to define "people." If he mentions the Home Depot parking lot or anything like that, you'll know you raised a bad kid.