[PGalt]

Hooray 21-year old Galen Wilson!

[Paige]

Great show on the history channel about the Marine Snipers the other morning. I am very proud of these brave men. They've saved a lot of lives. God Bless our Military !!!

[Candor7]

Why is this young man, who bears a name indicating his Scottish ancestry, have his photograph smeared all over the internet and by the press so that Islamofascist Operatives can target him and take him out?

Wilson needs to be transferred out of Bagdad or brought home , if he is to live.

Thanks a lot AP, you socialist wacko supporting POSs.

[KellyAdmirer]

He was raised in a desolate part of the Rocky Mountains outside Colorado Springs

Hey, it's not THAT desolate here.

[Lancey Howard]

During a large-scale attack on Easter Sunday, Wilson says, he spotted six gunmen on a rooftop about 400 yards away. In about 8 seconds he squeezed off five rounds – hitting five gunmen in the head. The sixth man dived off a 3-story building just as Wilson got him in his sights, and counts as a probable death. “You could tell he didn't know where it was coming from. He just wanted to get away,” Wilson said. Later that day, he said, he killed another insurgent.

Wow! Semper fidelis, Marine.

[gorush]

A modern day Sargent York.

[PhillyRepublican]

One shot, one kill. The Marines are about the only government agency that doesn't waste government property or taxpayer's money. Semper Fi!!

[Revelation 911]

“It doesn't bother me. Obviously, me being a devout Catholic, it's a conflict of interest. Then again, God supported David when he killed Goliath,” Wilson said. “I believe God supports what we do and I've never killed anyone who wasn't carrying a weapon.”

Im glad he recognizes the conflict - and that tells me he is mature - and its reassuring theyve all had guns.....but on some level I worry about this kids ability to reintegrate into home life on his return and pray todays choices and obligations dont haunt him in his autumn years God willing

May God watch over him and deliver him home safely

.....presumably after introducing many more demons to Gods wrath

[docman57]

Oh Great, let's just plaster his face and name all over the place and get a good price on his head like Hathcock.

[NewRomeTacitus]

The rifle that Marine's holding, firing a 5.56 mm round, can not maintain the reported accuracy much beyond 250 yards because of the inherent lightness of the bullet no matter how many refinements added on. I suspect he has a selection of weaponry from his unit's armory that can pull off the feats in the article - the Knight's SR-25 (flat-top reinforced M-16 in .308 caliber) and the Barrett 50 mm automatic, whose magazine happens to hold five rounds.

[VOA]

bump

[Hatteras]

You can run. But, you'll just die tired.

[TheBattman]

With the libs in control, such boys coming up with guns in their regular lives would no longer exist. The lib view of gun ownership would have prevented Wilson from ever owning or firing a gun prior to military service.

To me, this is one of the thoughts behind the 2nd Amendment. This guy was training for this moment in his life for years as a civilian, from childhood.

How many more of our service people learned marksmanship long before thier military life began - all because they had the right to "keep and bear arms"?

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[handy]

Marine Sniper - Damn Good Read

There have been many Marines. There have been many marksmen. But there has only been one Sergeant Carlos Hathcock. A legend in the Marine ranks, Hathcock stalked the Viet Cong behind enemy lines-on their own ground. And each time he emerged from the jungle having done his duty. His record is one of the finest in military history, with 93 confirmed kills.

[editor-surveyor]

Why is this guy still a Lance after two tours in the bad lands? Doesn't seem right.

[Nightshift]

oohrah ping

[Leatherneck_MT]

Loose Lips Sink ships

and can cause a Marine or Army Sniper to be KIA when the enemy knows who they are.

[CAWats]

Let a marine do what he does best: kill.

[devane617]

First thought is...Nutty to uncover this Marine's ID. All I can think of is..."Loose lips...". Now, the local terrorists have a target ... his family... This is just palin crazy.