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3/75 Ranger snipers training ahead of deployment at Fort Campbell in 2005. Courtesy of Jack Murphy.
Isaiah Burkhart on the range with a .300 Win Mag. Courtesy of Isaiah Burkhart.
3/75 Ranger snipers on a 160th SOAR MH-6 Little Bird at Fort Campbell. Courtesy of Isaiah Burkhart.
Jack Murphy sporting a pakol hat in the mountains of Afghanistan in 2004. Courtesy of Jack Murphy.
Jack poses with some locals. Courtesy of Jack Murphy.
Jack minutes ahead of an aerial platform support mission in Khowst, Afghanistan, in late 2004/early 2005. Courtesy of Jack Murphy.
A 3/75 Ranger sniper in Mosul, Iraq. Courtesy of Isaiah Burkhart.
3/75 Ranger snipers Isaiah Burkhart and Jack Murphy. Courtesy of Jack Murphy.
The glory boys of 1st platoon, A/co, 3/75 with Platoon Sergeant Jared Van Aalst in Mosul. Courtesy of Isaiah Burkhart.
MACV-SOG’s Don Martin and Timothy Kephart pose with Colonel Ho Tieu upon receiving their Gallantry Cross medals. Courtesy of Donald Martin.
The Gallantry Cross medal citation. Note the citation’s decided lack of command of the English language as well as the actual facts of the mission. Courtesy of Donald Martin.
Navy SEAL joint training. Courtesy of Brandon Webb.
Navy SEAL sniper on the grass and on the glass. Courtesy of Brandon Webb.
A Navy SEAL sniper in Afghanistan. Courtesy of Brandon Webb.
Navy SEAL snipers take position in Afghanistan. Courtesy of Brandon Webb.
.50 cal sticking out of a Navy SEAL sniper hide. Courtesy of Brandon Webb.
Thai SEALs training with U.S. Navy SEALs. Courtesy of Brandon Webb.
Isaiah Burkhart and his 3/75 sniper shooting partner in Tikrit, Iraq. Courtesy of Isaiah Burkhart.
3/75 Ranger snipers and recon tasked with foreign internal defense, training Khowst SWAT. Courtesy of Jack Murphy.
A Navy SEAL sniper at the office in Afghanistan. Courtesy of Brandon Webb.
Also by Chris Martin
Shaping the World from the Shadows: The (Open) Secret History of Delta Force, Post-9/11
Beyond Neptune Spear: The (Open) Secret History of SEAL Team Six, Post-9/11
Engines of Extinction
About the Author
Journalist CHRIS MARTIN has covered the motorsports world since the late ’90s. He writes for SOFREP and is the author of the e-books Shaping the World from the Shadows: The (Open) Secret History of Delta Force, Post-9/11 and Beyond Neptune Spear: The (Open) Secret History of SEAL Team Six, Post-9/11.
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Martin, Chris, 1974–
Modern American snipers: from the legend to the reaper—on the battlefield with special operations snipers / Chris Martin; foreword by Eric Davis. — First edition.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-250-06717-3 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4668-7623-1 (e-book)
1. Snipers—United States. 2. Sniping (Military science)—History. 3. Special operations (Military science)—United States—History—21st century. 4. United States—History, Military—21st century. I. Title. II. Title: From the legend to the reaper, on the battlefield with special operations snipers. III. Title: On the battlefield with special operations snipers.
UD333.M313 2014
356'.162—dc23
2014040098
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First Edition: December 2014