This short story is for all the Snipers on the ground keeping our boys SAFE?

Question

Coined
In certain circles of the military being coined carries a significant honor, it means you have reached the apex of your M.O.S. (Military Operational Specialty) in other words you have come as close to perfect as humanly possible.
Perfect :( taken from a web dictionary) a: satisfying all requirements: ACCURATE b: corresponding to an ideal standard or abstract concept c: legally valid; EXPERT, PROFICIENT ; PURE, TOTAL d: lacking in no essential detail. The perfect shot is what everyone actually strives for it is their best shot
The shooter picks up the weapon and one feels all of the power and quality of the weapon. They know what is needed to fulfill the needs of the weapon for it desires someone with extraordinary skill to use it properly, accurately, and to the best of their ability. To do this the shooter knows what must be done to fulfill the requirements placed on their shoulders.
From the beginning, the feel of the wood, smooth dry and cool to the touch beckons feelings that seem primal and overpowering. The barrel is as dark as the danger that can arise from its use of this weapon. Cold to the touch and slick with gun oil, but free of dust and dirt. As the user disassembles the weapon to inspect it, one can see the quality and the care taken to build this system for the mandated use “Velox Mortis.” The shooter reassembles this system with great care to protect the quality and skill built into this piece of machinery by a master gunsmith and

that was designed by the best of this special breed of artisan. Carefully the ammo is picked. For target shooting, lightweight projectiles are chosen. This will make for a more pleasurable shot and will allow the shooter to shoot with little or no apprehension for each shot will be light allowing for a more productive practice.

The trip to the range begins by loading the weapon and ammo into the trunk; care is taken to follow local and federal laws. The shooter heads out the driveway and towards the range. After traveling for what seems to be forever, the gate is finally reached. It is a quiet partly cloudy day. The conditions are almost perfect for the task at hand. Carefully the weapon and ammo are removed from the trunk. The shooters frame of mind slowly turns to concentrating on the task at hand. Walking down the path to the rifle benches, a rabbit scurries by barely noticed but caught in the corner of the shooters eye. Reaching the benches, the concentration of the shooter becomes greatly intensified, breathing slows, and the heart beats faster in anticipation. At this point, the only question in the mind of the shooter is one hundred yards, two hundred, or maybe one thousand. Today it will be one thousand yards, the ultimate test for most shooters.

The only problem is when the shot is made there will be no witness to prove that the shot was as it will be told in the tales of this day. Now, the shooter starts down range slowly as to not cause heavy breathing or a more rapid heartbeat. A hawk flying overhead makes for a good omen. Stopping about half way and looking back a fleeting thought occurs that a one thousand yard shot might be more than the shooters ability will allow. The birds are chirping and hopping limb from limb looking for the right place to light. After reaching one thousand yards out the target frame is found. Finding the right spot to attach the target is necessary, for if the target is obscured the shot might not be perfect. After attaching the target, the trip back starts but seems shorter in comparison. Upon reaching the bench, the hard part begins. Setting up the equipment

all the shooter can think of is the perfection needed today. Judgment time is at hand. While lining up the cross hairs, hands tremble,

, breathing become erratic and the heartbeats more rapidly.
The shooter is accustom to all of this and ignores it. The breathing slowly calms and the hands become steady. The shot is all that matters now; concentration becomes increasingly focused on the task at hand. The shooter must take time to be sure in the placement of his round; so one deep breath then let it out slowly until just the right amount is left. Slowly the trigger is squeezed feeling a sharp quick snap, the hammer falls. As the report is heard the rifle slams backwards into the shoulder, where it is held tightly, but there is no pain for experience prepares the shooter for the shock. As a little puff of smoke clears, the rifle returns almost automatically to the rests and the shooter sees for the first time the shot had reached the target as planned.
The exhilaration of the shot quickly subsides; as the shooter knows the task is not yet finished to prove worthy, two more must be made. With the same pains taking

desire and commitment, the shooter repeats each of the steps necessary to fulfill the requirements of a perfect shot twice more. Each time the shooter squeezes the trigger the same exhilaration flows over the body like a wave.
Not sure that all the shots made the grade, the long thousand-yard walk out to the target begins. An up and down roller coaster of emotions consisting of success and failure wash over the shooter repeatedly. The target stand is reached and the emotion of failure has been ripped away by the over whelming exhilaration of not one but three perfect shots in the kill zone!
As this must be the way every military sniper must feel the day, they are coined, the day they make the grade. The sniper knows that some day these skills will prepare the sniper to save lives by placing one perfect shot.

Buy the way I wrote this so if you don't want to read it you don't have to have a good day.

Answer 1

This story is very good, but you forgot one thing:
THE SPOTTER who is very important on the sniper team, so therefore, there is always a witness and after the shot is taken care of, the
sniper and spotter had better get your butts out of the area as quickly and silently as you can!!!
US ARMY(RET) 1958 - 1979
VIETNAM 1967 - 1968 - 1971

Answer 2

Feeling self-important and unappreciated? I'm a Reagan -era 11B, and I know I'm a better shot than you! Your idea of coined means nothing to an Airborne Ranger. Since you are a Vietnam vetern I'll say it with more respet. Thank you for what you have done but you arenot the ones who were actually in the **** on a daily basis!!!!! You chose your way, we live ours!!!!!!

Answer 3

For (1) 99.9% of the viewers who come to the so called question are NOT going to sit back and read all of this.
For (2) This is not a question. YOu cant put a question mark after anything and think its a question.

Bush is the president of the USA?
Yu see a period should go afetr that sentence or maybe even one of these bad boys (!) but not this one (?)
SOME PEOPLE JUST WANT TO BE HEARD SO THEY COPY AND PASTE.PLEASE STOP COPY AND PASTE.