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Trigger Men: Shadow Team, Spider-Man, the Magnificent Bastards, and the American Combat Sniper Book

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Trigger Men: Shadow Team, Spider-Man, the Magnificent Bastards, and the American Combat Sniper, Both a uniquely intimate look at what makes a sniper tick and a harrowing read filled with dramatic war tales, Trigger Men is a book about killing and what it takes to be the ultimate warrior. Halberstadt takes readers deeper inside the elusive , Trigger Men: Shadow Team, Spider-Man, the Magnificent Bastards, and the American Combat Sniper
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  • Trigger Men: Shadow Team, Spider-Man, the Magnificent Bastards, and the American Combat Sniper
  • Written by author Halberstadt, Hans
  • Published by St. Martin's Press, 2009
  • Both a uniquely intimate look at what makes a sniper tick and a harrowing read filled with dramatic war tales, Trigger Men is a book about killing and what it takes to be the ultimate warrior. Halberstadt takes readers deeper inside the elusive
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Acknowledgments xiii

Warning Order xvii

Foreword xxi

Introduction: Rangers Lead the Way 1

AARs and Lessons Learned 11

1 Sniper Mission Basics 13

Introduction and Basics 22

Sniper War 22

Moral Aspects of the Mission 28

The Military Sniper Mission 33

The Law-Enforcement Sniper Mission 33

A Short History 34

The Marine Corps Foundation 35

Definition of a Sniper 37

The Art of the One-Shot Kill 38

The Squad-Designated Marksman 39

2 Staff Sgt. James Gularte, USMC Sniper 43

Two Marines Against Twelve NVA 48

Better Than Sex 52

3 Bravo Fours and 8541s: Sniper Selection and Training 55

USMC Scout-Sniper Selection and Training 58

Army Sniper School Class 2006-3 62

The Art of Observation 67

The KIMS Game 68

Stealth and Concealment 68

Ghillie Suits: The Cloak of Invisibility 69

Stalking Exercises 71

4 Maj. Charles Greene, US Army Ranger 77

Red Romeo on the Drop Zone 77

Outsmarting the Enemy 79

Sniper Employment Issues 81

Shot by a Sniper at the Circle of Death 82

Stay-Behind Missions 85

The Squad-Designated Marksman Program 87

5 Staff Sgt. James Gilliland, Section Leader 91

Shadow Team's Longest Shot 94

Terminal Ballistics 98

What-Ifs 99

Killing 101

All You Feel Is the Recoil 102

One and a Half Shots, One Kill 103

Sniper Employment 105

Roadside Bombs and IED Teams 109

The M4 Carbine as a Sniper Weapon 112

6 Voodoo Ballistics: Sometimes One Shot, Sometimes One Kill 117

7 Harry Martinez 131

Spotter Up! Send It! 139

Wind Corrections 141

8 Tools of the Trade 145

Sniper Rifles 145

Accuracy and the Modern Sniper Rifle 146

Secondary Long Guns 147

Sniper Battle Rattle 148

The M24 and M40Sniper Rifles 149

Shooting the M40A3 152

Evolution of the M24 and M40 Breed 155

Monster Rifles and One-Mile Kills 157

The Learning Curve 158

Bigger Is Sometimes Better 161

SOTIC and the Beginning of US Army Heavy Sniping 163

The Longest Long Shot: Canadian Sniper Team's Record Kill 168

Even Bigger Than Fifty 172

The Surprising DMR 173

9 CPL. James "Rock" McGlynn: Psycho Ward's First Blood 175

10 Sniper's Revenge: The Magnificent Bastards and The Snipers of Headhunter Two 181

11 Sergeant Rob: Spider-Man in Samarra 191

Failing the Tug Test 193

Spider-Man's Big Adventure 194

Big Surprise for the Poster Boys 196

12 Bryan Pruett: Slow is Smooth and Smooth is Fast: Operation Qwahetas 205

13 SPC. Aaron Arnold 211

Intersection Two Niner Six 212

First Blood 214

OP Hotel 217

Reach Out and Touch Someone 218

Sniper Personalities 220

14 Joseph Bennett: Traffic Control from a Distance 221

Joker Takes Over from Shadow 226

15 Staff Sgt. Timothy La Sage, US Marine Corps 229

"Gunfighter's Paradise" 233

Combat Outpost 233

Ar Rasheed Hotel, Ramadi 234

The SR-25 Sniper Rifle 238

Planning and Executing Missions 239

Deuce Gear-Tim La Sage 241

USMC Sniper Training at Unit Level 242

My Final Sniper Mission 243

16 Sgt. Jon 249

"Sniper's Eve": Barrett .50cal 249

The Initial Invasion of Iraq 251

Combat Cook 252

17 Kevin McCaffrey 255

18 Jeff Chang 259

Jeff Chang on SWAT/Military Sniper Differences 263

Afterword 267

Glossary 275


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