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The picture at the left was taken at a training site in South
Korea in 1988 when Alain was attending the 2nd Infantry
Division Scout Sniper School. The school was
headquartered at Camp Casey. (During the training exercise
Alain was carrying an M14 rather than his M21 Sniper
rifle.
On the first day, 36 soldiers, who were sent
by their respected companies, competed for the maximum of 14
slots for the school. The 36 fired M16s for the
qualifying test and 13 of them were accepted into the school
after shooting expert in front of the Sniper Cadre.
Of the 13 soldiers admitted to that class,
three graduated as snipers, six graduated as advanced marksmen
and four dropped or flunked out. The advanced marksmen
passed the shooting phase of the course, but failed one of the
other graded sessions. These sessions included a written
test, PT Test, Stalking, Graded Patrols, and a graded field
exercise. To graduate as a sniper you had to pass every
session as well as the shooting of course. To pass the
shooting phase, the sniper had to engage targets at 300, 400,
500, and 600 meters. The 300 meter targets were steel
quarter man silhouettes, or head and shoulders. The
targets at 400, 500, and 600 meters were half man silhouettes,
in other words from the waist up. Only after a sniper
had passed shooting at these did he practice on the 800 and
1000 meter targets.
Even though shooting was extremely important,
the other phases were equally important. As one
instructor used to say, "You can teach any piece of @*$%
to shoot, but it takes field craft and everything else to be a
sniper."
Of the three that graduated as Sniper in
Alain's class, Alain graduated 2nd, just missing the honor
graduate spot to a fellow soldier. Alain then went back
and worked special duty as an instructor at that same school
for several cycles before getting out of the Army.
On these pages, Alain will share some
information and resources regarding sniping and combat
shooting.
Alain will also address how sniper training
has helped him in other parts of his life. One of the
book and program ideas Alain is developing is Sniper
Strategies to Success. The same things that make an
excellent sniper can also help a person achieve in other
areas. It is Alain's desire to help others tap into
their own specialties by utilizing the same strategies of the
military's elite soldiers, especially snipers.
Additional resources coming!
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