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Air Force Sharpshooters Watch Over Troops in Iraq
American Forces Press Service ^ | Staff Sgt. Markus M. Maier, USAF

Posted on 11/19/2007 3:25:20 PM PST by SandRat

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May their eyes be keen and their aim be true.
1 posted on 11/19/2007 3:25:21 PM PST by SandRat
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2 posted on 11/19/2007 3:25:47 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat
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3 posted on 11/19/2007 3:29:29 PM PST by Uri’el-2012 (you shall know that I, YHvH, your Savior, and your Redeemer, am the Elohim of Ya'aqob. Isaiah 60:16)
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To: SandRat
I didn't know that the air force had such a crew.

That is great, the more eyes, the better.

4 posted on 11/19/2007 3:29:54 PM PST by lormand (...proud to be an ex-democRAT)
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To: SandRat

Amen, Sandy!


5 posted on 11/19/2007 3:55:07 PM PST by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history)
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To: SandRat

Whenever I walked past the Air Force Office of Special Investigations building on any Air Force base I felt like I was being watched.


6 posted on 11/19/2007 4:02:41 PM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: \/\/ayne

Nothing but a bunch of goofs inside.


7 posted on 11/19/2007 4:08:06 PM PST by Domangart (editor and publisher)
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To: Squantos

They let zoomies play with rifles??


8 posted on 11/19/2007 4:11:25 PM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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They let zoomies play with rifles??

A few of us actually did quite well with rifles... but we tend to not brag about it. :-)

9 posted on 11/19/2007 4:24:41 PM PST by ken in texas (come fold with us.... team #36120)
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To: SandRat

The Air Force has people who can shoot?

Who knew???


10 posted on 11/19/2007 4:26:02 PM PST by null and void (No more Bushes/No more Clintons)
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To: null and void
You haven't seen SG-1. Airmen are soldiers too and pretty damn good ones!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

11 posted on 11/19/2007 4:30:28 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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Well, of course the airmen on SG-1 are pretty good shots.

It is a work of fiction, after all!

12 posted on 11/19/2007 4:36:57 PM PST by null and void (No more Bushes/No more Clintons)
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To: Travis McGee; archy

LOL Camp Robinson is to Security Forces what Little Creek is to your clan......outside of Little Rock AFB. We had to start attending a school there back in the late 80’s and 90’s that tasked our EOD teams as well. Not for this counter sniper op but off base long range patrols. Not sure if that mission is still in their bag of tricks. USAF SF Wing Nuts are not to be toyed with........they are about as much the quiet professionals as one can ask for......

They do good these days as they did in days past......

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926477/posts?page=92#92

I wouldn’t want to go up against these guys. They wrote the books on defense in depth, static and mobile and have that neat little key to the AC-130 at hand 24/7 pretty much these days !


13 posted on 11/19/2007 4:37:05 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: SandRat

ADIOS JIHADI....SAY HELLO TO ALLAH FOR ME....


14 posted on 11/19/2007 4:52:15 PM PST by flat
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To: lormand

Neither did I, twenty years active duty and first I ever heard that the AF has snipers. Go get ‘em!!


15 posted on 11/19/2007 4:57:05 PM PST by ops33 (Retired USAF Senior Master Sergeant)
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To: Squantos

The Security Forces keep trending away from an inside the perimeter mentality-the Theory and Doctrime started coming into it’s own in the 80’s, but it’s taken this long to get the desk jockeys that were blocking the transition outof the way.

They will always be there, but success like this breeds success


16 posted on 11/19/2007 5:02:42 PM PST by 5Madman2 (There is no such thing as an experienced suicide bomber)
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To: 5Madman2

Agree...... they have went from reactive to proactive.....why wait in the wire to get hit per se......:o)

Nothing but good to say about the current crop ......

Stay safe !


17 posted on 11/19/2007 5:05:35 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: Squantos

Yeah, it’s pretty sweet when you have a personal spectre gunship on call!


18 posted on 11/19/2007 5:12:19 PM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: ken in texas

Just joshin.


19 posted on 11/19/2007 5:13:05 PM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: Squantos

Off topic, but check out this amazing video of a “Mr. Nobody” shlub on the British version of Idol.

http://www.maniacworld.com/Phone-Salesman-Amazes-Crowd.html


20 posted on 11/19/2007 5:16:42 PM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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