Jack_Crow
Enlightened
Hi all,
Been watching the History Channel program on snipers.
I don't know if I've told you guys this story, but we had two Army Snipers assigned to Scania when I was there. I avoided talking about them because they are part of the security of the base. By now they must have been rotated home, so this is fairly safe to discuss. Either way, no dates are attached to this note.
When they showed up, they were the **** of the walk. They had the fancy suits with all that fake shrubbery on. They had the fancy rifles. They were cool and every body paid them deference. As things turned out, they were so hip they couldn't see past their pelvis.
Anyhow after about a week, a story started to circulate about them. Seems one night they went out hunting. Fired 96 rounds and missed each one.
The problem was they didn't know who they were shooting at. Seems they were shooting at our allies, in this case the Salvadoran Special Forces.
Let's give the Salvadorans some credit. They knew the weapon that had shot at them, and didn't kill our snipers.
Secfor's management was not happy about this screw up. Those guys got reamed.
Anyhow after that night our snipers drew some less than fun duties.
Like watching the trash truck make it's pick ups.
Watching the cesspool truck drain the holding tanks and 'brown rooms'.
Watching the vehicle assembly yard in the dust and heat.
They were no longer allowed outside the base. Yet they still had to hump around their rifles and portable cover.
Please, be sure of your targets.
War stories, got to love them.
Later guys
Jack Crow in the first world.
Been watching the History Channel program on snipers.
I don't know if I've told you guys this story, but we had two Army Snipers assigned to Scania when I was there. I avoided talking about them because they are part of the security of the base. By now they must have been rotated home, so this is fairly safe to discuss. Either way, no dates are attached to this note.
When they showed up, they were the **** of the walk. They had the fancy suits with all that fake shrubbery on. They had the fancy rifles. They were cool and every body paid them deference. As things turned out, they were so hip they couldn't see past their pelvis.
Anyhow after about a week, a story started to circulate about them. Seems one night they went out hunting. Fired 96 rounds and missed each one.
The problem was they didn't know who they were shooting at. Seems they were shooting at our allies, in this case the Salvadoran Special Forces.
Let's give the Salvadorans some credit. They knew the weapon that had shot at them, and didn't kill our snipers.
Secfor's management was not happy about this screw up. Those guys got reamed.
Anyhow after that night our snipers drew some less than fun duties.
Like watching the trash truck make it's pick ups.
Watching the cesspool truck drain the holding tanks and 'brown rooms'.
Watching the vehicle assembly yard in the dust and heat.
They were no longer allowed outside the base. Yet they still had to hump around their rifles and portable cover.
Please, be sure of your targets.
War stories, got to love them.
Later guys
Jack Crow in the first world.