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By; Milo S Afong

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"Becoming a seal sniper is one of the hardest routs of the navy, with a 70% fail rate at basic underwater Demolition/SEAL training, and another 50% fail rate for SEAL sniper school. Very few individuals ever became SEAL snipers."

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"Inside the tavern, Baker ordered a pitcher of beer before heading for the bathroom. As he did, he noticed the World Trade Center attacks on television. "What movie is this?" he asked a local, unaware that it was actual footage. "Its not a movie. You guys should not be here.""

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"It was my first deployment in 2000, and I was a boot. I wanted to become a sniper as soon as I joined the unit, but I knew that I needed more training and experience. I knew that is was going to be physically demanding when I heard senior marines, who weren't even trying out, talking about all the strenuous activity involved."

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"To survive school, and combat, snipers learn to trust their teammates. Of course, in school all individuals must master all of the skills independently, but to survive it all, teamwork is also needed. This is true especially during the shooting phase."

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Hunters is a book by Milo S Afong and is based off of the life of snipers.  At the beginning of the book the author starts to talk about the qualifications in order to get into the sniper part of the marines or the army. They list the different types of weapon that they use like the MK-11, MK-13, M14 using a 7.62mm NATO, modified M4, and a heavy single-shot, bolt action, .50- caliber sniper rifle. The book also gets into some operations that different people went on.

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Ian Baker was the main character for this deployment, it was September 11, 2001 when he say the news on the tv about the attack on the world trade center. Shortly after, shore patrol from the Fifteenth Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrived and needed them to report back to the ship. A MEU is made up of 2,200 marines and sailors, with artillery, tanks, amphibious vehicles, attack helicopters, fighter jets and many more assets. There goal was to provide humanitarian assistance to the struggling nation. When they arrived a sniper team climbed onto the rooftop of a clinic to provide security while other marines gave medical assistance to civilians.

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This sniper is waiting for his next target.

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Picture of a group of marine snipers.

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This is a picture of a marine sniper in Afghanistan.

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Milo S Afong enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1999, he graduated 1st in his class from the 1st Marine Divisions Scout/Sniper platoon. He won the Marine Corps Achievement medal. His first book about snipers was called "HOGs in the shadows" which was about snipers in Iraq, and "Hunters" was his second book, about snipers in Afghanistan. (Link to Information Below)

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Milo S. Afong's biography, bibliography, list of books, with the current titles, summaries, covers, excerpts, author notes, and availability.

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Marines training with sniper rifles.

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Marines Train With Remington M40 Sniper Rifles

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Marine scout sniper training.