Marine Scout Snipers: True Stories From U.S. Marine Corps Snipers

Snipers takes you through the missions and personal lives of military service members who have been forward deployed in harm's way in hostile environments. They use the mastery of their sniper skills to mitigate threats and negate the enemy s ability to disrupt U.S. operations. The book lets you feel the stress and anxiety of their operational tempo; you witness their successes and failures, their struggles and lessons learned. Snipers are highly trained, brave, silent killers. They undergo specialized training and operate independently with little support from their parent commands, close to enemy positions. Snipers are chosen based on their marksmanship, mental stability, patience, and physical ability. They stalk the enemy, while concealed in their operational overwatches, to protect our checkpoints and convoys, and to direct action missions. Despite the renown of Chris Kyle and the extraordinary success of the book and movie American Sniper, snipers do not have lives of glory and fame; their lives are a struggle. Serving as a sniper requires that you do your job successfully every time, because the consequences of not being successful include the loss of innocent lives, or living with other consequences that can haunt a shooter till the day he dies. In the end, just like any other service members, they put their lives on the line willingly to defend our country."

Author: Lena Sisco

Publisher: Lyons Press

Publication Date: Sep 01, 2016

Number of Pages: 200 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1493018574

ISBN-13: 9781493018574