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Originally Posted by Maliant
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Scouts out. Kirkuk 09-10. I wanted to be a sniper too (doesn’t everyone) but my vision is shit and best I ever shot at the range was like 32/40.
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I didn't know they were having sniper try-outs, and honestly, I didn't really have that much confidence in myself. I never would have volunteered, but they came to our first sergeant and told him to send their best dudes, and my name was the first one that came up because I was actively training for SFAS. I actually went over and competed against guys who had been training for this event (which lasted roughly a week). The main advantage I had was being an E-4 who had already been deployed, and just had a lot more experience over the guys I was competing against. They were all cherries fresh out of basic training, and from the Company who had openings for Snipers (yes, there was an Infantry company in a Cav unit).
After the try outs were over, I actually didn't think I made it, and when they told me I did, I told them I wasn't really that interested and I wasn't lying. They didn't care and moved me anyways. The company that they sent me to didn't have a single combat veteran in it, I wasn't a fan of having E-1s stand at parade rest for me because I was a specialist, or having a bunch of angry NCOs screaming at everyone like we're still in basic training 24/7.
Back in my old troop I was with guys I partied with every weekend and I was really content with where I was at. The unit was mostly veterans, and everyone got treated like adults and more like a family, so getting sent to that Infantry unit sucked. There was some perks though, a lot of times they would let me do PT on my own, and they sent me to the combatives school that was off-post, and I got to where civilian clothes and didn't have to shave for several months, and I remember all the guys thought I had it made when I would stroll passed them in civilian clothes with a 5 o clock shadow while they were busy doing regular dumb army stuff, lmao.