Trigger Men: Shadow Team, Spiderman, The Magnificent Bastards, and the American Combat Sniper Book

Acknowledgments     xiii
Warning Order     xvii
Foreword     xxi
Introduction: Rangers Lead the Way     1
AARs and Lessons Learned     11
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
Staff SGT. James Gularte, USMC Sniper     43
Two Marines Against Twelve NVA     48
Better Than Sex     52
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
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
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
Voodoo Ballistics: Sometimes one Shot, Sometimes one Kill     117
Harry Martinez     131
Spotter Up! Send It!     139
Wind Corrections     141
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 M40 Sniper 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
CPL. James "Rock" McGlynn: Psycho Ward's First Blood     175
Sniper's Revenge: The Magnificent Bastards and the Snipers of Headhunter Two     181
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
Bryan Pruett: Slow is Smooth and Smooth is Fast: Operation Qwahetas     205
SPC. Aaron Arnold     211
Intersection Two Niner Six     212
First Blood     214
OP Hotel     217
Reach Out and Touch Someone     218
Sniper Personalities     220
Joseph Bennett: Traffic Control From a Distance     221
Joker Takes Over from Shadow     226
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
Jon Wiler     249
"Sniper's Eve": Barrett .50cal     249
The Initial Invasion of Iraq     251
Combat Cook     252
Kevin McCaffrey     255
Jeff Chang     259
Jeff Chang on SWAT/Military Sniper Differences     263
Afterword     267
Glossary     275