Special-Ops Sniper Training Stresses Control, Discipline

摘要

Military snipers traditionally have struggled to defend their image in the public eye. "Some people think that we are the sneaky guys who just go out and indiscriminately kill," said Master Sgt. Mark Carey, an instructor at the Special Warfare Training Group at Fort Bragg, N.C. The reality is that, "in the military, we talk discipline and controlled fire," he said. The selection process to become a special operations sniper is rigorous, he said at a National Defense Industrial Associations armaments conference. "You do not want a power shooter," he said. The soldiers selected are "above-average intelligence for the most part; they are independent, self-disciplined; they have to demonstrate marksmanship ability and field craft skills, and they have to be cleared by a Defense Department psychiatrist," to eliminate the possibility that they might snap, Carey said. "At least, we are hoping that nobody is going to get out there and do the wrong thing some day."