Snipers shoot to win, learn at Fort Chaffee
Posted: November 12, 2009 at 5:29 a.m.
Snipers from various service branches wait to be taken up in a Chinook CH-47 helicopter for the air born shooting competition during the Inter-Service Sniper Sustainment Training Exercise Wednesday.
Master Sgt. Bret Boatright knelt between the sniper and spotter on the edge of the Chinook helicopter’s back door Wednesday and prepared to give them the order to open fire as the helicopter hovered above a Fort Chaffee firing range.
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