Originally posted by raider73
yeah hornet you dont think im for real? i am about joining the Military and i do have the attention span to be a sniper
Really??? OK here is an easy test for you then. Get yourself 2 days worth of food and water. Find a nice conceled spot where you can watch your school. Stay there for 5 straight days and nights without moving and then make a detailed sketch of every detail of your school. Height of the building, what it's made out of, how many windows, where the outside water faucets are located ect. Make detailed notes about every teacher that walks in and out. What they are wearing, what they are carrying, what direction they go, what kind of vehicle they drive to include make, model, color, and tag number, who they talk too, and include all those details for anyone they do talk too because they might be important later. Make sure to note the times for all of these observations. Generate range estimates from your perch to the front door and any and all windows you have a clear line of sight too. Have at least 2 backup perchs selected and scouted in case you need to reloacte during your mission. Above all don't be seen by anyone. A detailed report from this should be around 100 pages at least to include hand drawn detailed sketches of the building and the surounding area, i.e. bushes, trees, fences telephone poles, anything that can or could be used as a referance for direction or range.
For a trained sniper this would be an easy one. But I'll even go one easier for you. Take a stop watch and walk into your bedroom. Start the timer as you walk in the door. You have 1 minute to look around the room from the door. Leave after 1 minute and go sit at the kitchen table and draw a detailed 3D sketch of your room. Make it as detailed as possible. You have 1 hour to complete the sketch. When your done take your sketch into your room and compare it to what is actually there. You'll be amazed at everything your miss.
Real military snipers do exercises like this everyday so don't miss anything. That's the kind of focus and attention to detail that is required. That is why 60-70 percent of the people that try to be snipers FAIL. From what little you've told us about yourself, you don't have what it takes. Not yet anyway. I hope you can turn it around.
And NO I'm not a sniper. I have a couple of friends that are though. My buddy John is an Army sniper chool graduate, and Steve is a Marine Scout Sniper graduate. I've talked to both of them at length over the years about the training they received and what I stated up above is nothing compared to what they do all the time.
