Watch, Wait, Kill: the Sniper at Work

Military.com ^ | 03/06/09 | Military.com

[AngelesCrestHighway]

The Soldiers decided it was time to take the Taliban out. On a Sunday in November 2007, Army sniper Tyler Juden, his spotter and two command officers climbed out of a Humvee and trekked about seven kilometers in the dark. Shortly before sunrise the next day, they set up their position near the Khyber Pass, an insurgent stronghold. For more than a month, Juden and his fellow snipers had studied maps and traced the arcs of the Taliban mortars to determine that they had been fired -- like clockwork -- from a ravine about three stories below Juden's current location. The enemy hadn't thought to change its firing position, or its timing. So at 9 a.m. that Wednesday, Juden found himself lying on his belly behind his sniper rifle on a freezing patch of mountain. He stared down into the ravine, propped up on his elbows and waited almost motionless along with the rest of his team. But 9 o'clock came and passed. Had the enemy seen and avoided them? Was their map reconnaissance off?

[unkus]

ping

[VA_Gentleman]

bttt

[ßuddaßudd]

Nice.
"It just felt like a mission that had to be done."

[Mad Dawg]

God bless these guys. What a bunch of professionals!

(But, psst. Don't let the liberals know. They hate it when Americans do well in warfare.)

[taxcontrol]

US Army / Marine Sniper - simply the lowest cost / highest return on investment weapon system in the US Military inventory.

[ArrogantBustard]

[mad_as_he$$]

Hello Taliban, meet the sons of Whitefeather.

[rednesss]

[Chavez was able to close in on the Sergeant Major by using a cheeseburger wrapper as a decoy]
Sergeant Major: Soldier, how did you get so close to me?
Chavez: Sniper approached the instructor by being a sneaky bastard, Sergeant Major!

[catchem]

(Lib media to Army sniper) question: “What do you feeeeelll when you kill an enemy?”
Answer: “Recoil....”

[PurpleMan]

Snipers are high-value targets. Odd that they would use his name.

Then again, it’s not like we’re giving up spies (like Armitage)

[Pipe Dog]

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[Sunshine Sister]

Very interesting article. Thanks for posting.

[Oatka]

The enemy hadn't thought to change its firing position, or its timing.
If this bit of info hasn't been compromised, it is now.

Juden locked onto his target, the third man in line, as they walked away from his position. Juden had been trained to kill from the back of the line forward, so no one gets the warning of a man falling in front of him.
The ole Sgt. York technique.

[ConservaTexan]

Good stuff!

[Sequoyah101]

Well done.

There are plenty more “missions that need to be done”.