A story with a happy ending!
This nineteen-year-old ex-cheerleader (now an Air Force Security Forces Sniper) was watching a road that led to a NATO military base when she observed a man digging by the road. She engaged the target (i.e., she shot him). Turned out he was a bomb maker for the Taliban and he was burying an IED that was to be detonated when a US patrol walked by 30 minutes later. It would have certainly killed and wounded several soldiers.
The interesting fact of this story is the shot was measured at 725 yards. She shot him as he was bent over burying the bomb. The shot went through his butt and into the bomb which detonated; he was blown to pieces. The Air Force made a motivational poster of her:
(Folks, that's a shot 25 yards longer than seven football fields!) And the last thing that came out of his mouth was...his ass!
This nineteen-year-old ex-cheerleader (now an Air Force Security Forces Sniper) was watching a road that led to a NATO military base when she observed a man digging by the road. She engaged the target (i.e., she shot him). Turned out he was a bomb maker for the Taliban and he was burying an IED that was to be detonated when a US patrol walked by 30 minutes later. It would have certainly killed and wounded several soldiers.
The interesting fact of this story is the shot was measured at 725 yards. She shot him as he was bent over burying the bomb. The shot went through his butt and into the bomb which detonated; he was blown to pieces. The Air Force made a motivational poster of her:
(Folks, that's a shot 25 yards longer than seven football fields!) And the last thing that came out of his mouth was...his ass!
I don't care if it ain't exactly true but it is still cool.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/cheerleader.asp
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03-25-2009 06:54 PMnot a girl you would want to p!ss off.........
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03-25-2009 08:09 PMgeezus . . . yea . . . ya got that right . . .
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03-25-2009 08:31 PM"Hey, man up and don't worry about pissing off your wife" Originally Posted by phragle
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03-26-2009 08:54 AMThat is the damn truth..... Originally Posted by phragle
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03-26-2009 09:56 AMI think i'm in love
That is a great story
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