The Killing School: Inside the World's Deadliest Sniper Program
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (577 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B072MHQPR7 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 244 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Thought provoking. Perception shifting" according to Laura Steward. I wasn't certain what to expect from a book with this title but I knew it would be more than I could ever expect because of the authors. I was not disappointed.What I did not expect was how the book is helping me deal with caring for my mom with dementia. There is a conversation about death that has begun to shift my thinking around her passing. Whenever it comes.Understanding . Toe Tag said One hell of a read. This book was written by the real deal: A US Navy SEAL sniper and covers the training required of the modern sniper and details their deployment to both Iraq and Afghanistan during the recent wars. The snipers are a collection of fascinating men of great persistence, and will power, from the US Marines, Army, Navy and the Canadian army.I did not enjoy this book. I destroyed it.. Best book to date Having purchased all of Brandon's prior works, I was hesitant to buy his latest one. After all, what new material could he write about that would not be a rerun. Boy was I ever happy that I bought this one; it is his best by far. If you really want to learn how a sniper is trained, how he is used in the field and to get an inkling on what it takes to become one yourself, this i
Webb also shows how this training plays out in combat, using real-life exploits of the world's top snipers, including Jason Delgado, who led a Marine platoon in the Battle of Husaybah and made some of the most remarkable kill shots in the Iraq War; Nicholas Irving, the US Army Ranger credited with 33 kills in a single three-month tour in Afghanistan; and Rob Furlong, who during Operation Anaconda delivered the then-longest kill shot in history. In this revealing new audiobook, Webb takes listeners through every aspect of this training, describing how Spec Ops snipers are taught each dimension of their art. But marksmanship is only one aspect of the training. Trainees learn to utilize every edge poss