Re: Hide poll
During OEF VII There was an individual trying to climb over the perimeter fence. I hade him doped right a 300M, SN4 chevron point on his chest/neck, and the radio call in on a SPOPT report asking for clearance since no one was in the AO to stop him. As they were going higher up for clearance the funniest shit happened. The motherfucker looks up, like right at me. He is staring dead on into my scope. The fucker turned a lighter shade of tan, and hauled fucking ass! I called in to give them a heads up on the new sit rep, notified my forward location to send me an ANP hot like. SHowed the ANP the guy running across the field.
ANP calls it in in durkah durkah on his net, adn as the guy is reaching a mud wall at the edge of town some 500M away, here come four ANP's to grab him up. My guys asks me,"What you want do Sergeant?"
I smile and say."Teach him not to climb my walls anymore and let him go" That appeared to be one nicely laid ass whoopin from where I watched it through my 10x50 Leupy binos.
SO, I had that guy in my sights professionally, and yes, I was ready to pull the trigger on him as he was on a wall of a secure area that had prisoners in it but no guard position to see that part of the wall. Timing? Unbelievable. I was SOG, making my rounds before going to get my relief and brief his crew so we could leave the positions as they arrived. Up to that point I had never had an individual in a scoped situation on a professional level. It was truly an experience that I will remember. I will admit, I was hesitant about the POA because I did not really see this as a solid reason to kill a man or seriously wound him, but it was the only POA he offered up on the wall. Warning shots were not authorized. For all practical purposes that day would have ended in paperwork and another few hours of bullshit if the guy hadn't looked up adn seen the position he was in. I think he was shitting bricks for a moment, and possibily had a life impacting moment.
I am sure hardcore billieted snipers would say this is just a minor situation to which I would have to agree, however, it does answer to the first two questions as to a profesional level experience.