Cheerleader, now sniper, makes 725 yard shot up the butt of an IED guy

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Cheerleader sniper

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A friend of mine sent me this picture and told me the female airman is a
USAF Security Forces sniper. She was a high school cheerleader and
Homecoming Queen and enlisted in the military after her graduation. She
qualified very high in marksmanship and was trained as a sniper.

My buddy served with her recently in Afghanistan. He said on Easter day
she was watching a road that lead to a NATO military base when she
observed a man digging by the road. She engaged the target?.she shot
him. Turned out he was a bomb maker for the Taliban and was burying an
IED (a roadside bomb) that was to be detonated when a US patrol walked
by 30 minutes later. It would have certainly killed and wounded several
soldiers.

The interesting fact of this story is the shot was measured at 725
yards. I have trouble seeing that far. She shot him as he was bent over
burying the bomb. The shot struck him in the butt blowing into the bomb
which detonated. He was blown to pieces.

The Air Force made a motivational poster of her.

Bet her male friends don't give her too much trouble:super:

It's a great story, but it's fiction. The Airman is a sniper, and cute, but the rest of it ain't so. And the poster wasn't made by the Air Force, it's a photoshop job.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/cheerleader.asp

Never-the-less, what a woman! Glad I read the snopes report,it's even better.

I was wondering how they were able to determine where the shot struck him if it also detonated the bomb. There shouldn't have been enough of him left to fill a shoe box.

You guys ALL need to get out more! You've obviously never heard of Sheri or Michelle Gallagher....Sheri is in the Army now and on the MTU! She's also shot "cleans" at 1000 yds. Sister Michelle was the youngest winner of the NRA National Long Range Championship in history....she won the "sausage" when she was 15! They learned how to "do it" from their Mom, multi-time NRA Highpower and Long Range Champion and US Palma Team Member Nancy Tompkins-Gallagher, and step-Dad, Mid Tompkins...them apples sure didn't fall far from the tree! Then there's Julie Watson.....cute as a bug, now a married Mommy....still a Marine Corp Reserve shooter, and a multi-time NRA National Service Rifle Champion.....probably the best Offhand Highpower shooter in the last 50 years!

I have a friend who has a grandson married to a young lady who is a USAF security sniper who has just been sent to Baghdad within the last few weeks. A great young lady, indeed, well trained and very capable.

The folks at our church are sending her mail and small reminders of home while she is stationed over there to help keep her spirits up and to let her know that the folks back home support her and wish her well and home soon.

Keep her (and all our service folks there) in your thoughts. They have a tough job physically and mentally.

Even if this story is false (I don't completely trust Snopes - they are a liberal bunch) it warms the cockles of my heart.

But what John K. said is so very true. Frequently when I get my Amer Rifleman or TSRA mag in, I will scan through it to see the winners of the national matches. It's amazing that so many winners are, gasp, women. But it stands to reason, they are young, great eyesight, steady hands, soft touches, and are dead on.

More power to them.

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Even if this story is false (I don't completely trust Snopes - they are a liberal bunch) it warms the cockles of my heart.

But what John K. said is so very true. Frequently when I get my Amer Rifleman or TSRA mag in, I will scan through it to see the winners of the national matches. It's amazing that so many winners are, gasp, women. But it stands to reason, they are young, great eyesight, steady hands, soft touches, and are dead on.

More power to them.

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My high school .22 shooting league had many girls as competitors who were excellent shots. Most had never fired a firearm previously to joining the league. My team coach said that females are better competitors because they will listen to direction and coaching and are more patient than males.

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Frequently when I get my Amer Rifleman or TSRA mag in, I will scan through it to see the winners of the national matches. It's amazing that so many winners are, gasp, women. But it stands to reason, they are young, great eyesight, steady hands, soft touches, and are dead on.

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I suspect that the relatively small percentage of women who decide to become shooters come to the sport with open minds and fewer bad habits caused by over-consumption fo TV and action movies.

FWIW; AFAIK; IMHO; YMMV; yadda, yadda, yadda.

Regards, Ed Mann

Bobby Bowden is doing a fine job - just leave him alone.

Albert says, "Click here for free Gator wallpaper."

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I can't attest to the authenticity of the photo or claim relating to this particular Airman, but I was the Security Forces Career Field Manager from 2000-2003 working on the General Staff out of the Pentagon. We were working the Close Precision Engangement/Designated Marksman issue when the Guard took control and started to send their folks to DM school. One of the first was a female Airman. Now, I'm not trying to start a women in the military discussion as I worked with women in the USAF for 27 years and fully endorse them being in service, but the training of a woman to be a "sniper" really created a problem as the issue of women in combat was still a pretty hot item. However, the training of the female Airman did force the issue and speed the eventual training of Airmen as Designated Marksmen and in Close Precision Engagement. The distinctions are critical as the USAF's ground doctrine did not require "snipers" nor would leadership support the concept. However, we did need a better squad and flight level response supporting fire and maneuver and the desire to engage targets at our perimeter, typically 300 meters. The concept of CPE was borne and it became an important part of doctrine as well as a heck of a morale booster. There were many other simultaneous programs designed to support the upgrade of our ground capabilities including the replacement of the M-60 with the M240B and the M16A2 with the M4 and a change in training that focused on skill sets needed for today's battelfield rather yesterdays. I better stop since I'm starting to ramble here...... :D

The "art" of being a sniper isn't elite-level marksmanship....average marksmanship will do nicely. No, the real "art" of being a sniper is being a ghost, and I suspect that skill is "gender-neutral"!

During WWII, many Russian snipers were woman and they were very deadly.

That's great that you are sending her cards and letters. We sent our neighbor's son white cotton boot sox (they wear out fast), chapstick, hard candy, goldbond powder, and other things they might not be able to get easily. Ask her what she could use (and tell her not to be embarrased, she's doing a great job and deserves it!)

Dean (the other one)
OFC-Orange County Chapter

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That's great that you are sending her cards and letters. We sent our neighbor's son white cotton boot sox (they wear out fast), chapstick, hard candy, goldbond powder, and other things they might not be able to get easily.

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What my son wanted was "mouthwash"....lotsa "mouthwash"! Did you know that Listerine and Glenfiddich look the same....and that green food coloring doesn't bother vodka at all?

They ain't "little kids", and they're doing "Men's Work"!

Young woman living across the dorm hall from my daughter used to post targets on her door. Usually, just one big hole. Team drove 60 mile roundtrip to practice every day as no ranges nearby at Liberal U.

Kid now at USMA, having been drafted for their rifle team.

You go, girl!

I never knew a woman sniper, but I knew an Army captain who was a pretty little blonde. She had black belts in about everything there is a black belt for and was expert in every personal and crew-served weapon in the inventory except for artillery. She was the only person I ever knew who called a .50 HB M2 "cute". She thought an 81mm mortar was "neato", and frag grenades were fun.

I always wondered what would have happened if some fool guy had tried to attack her, but as far as I know, it never happened.

Jim

a number of years ago I didn't know what La Palma was nor did I know the name Thompkins.
What I did know was my CMP shooting designation had dropped, and I wanted one of those bushmaster cmp ar15's. So I had to shoot a match. Was advised a leg match of laPalma was going to be held, so what the heck.
One of the girls, then about 16 or so was shooting with a "pink" stocked ar15. I won't tell me score, but she was up around 490. Blew me to pieces on the scores. I had her dad sign my score card for verification, and asked him if anyone back in cmp would know his signature.
He kind of smiled and said he thought they would know the signature. I later found out who he was.
I have to say I am proud they live in my home town area in arizona, and are real nice people.
The daughters are very nice and I have never forgot that rifle. Also shooting that day was a girl on the army rifle team. She humiliated me too.

When I got back into comp shooting after a 15 year "family-raising" hiatus, and finally found Highpower, I did so in the firm knowledge that I knew what I was doing. Heck, I was two-time Highpower champion at our local club...I HAD to know what I was doing.....right?

In my first LEG, after my Qualification Clinic I was squadded with this little nub of a maybe 15 year-old girl....cute as a bug! She shot my a$$ off, and even went so far as to try and "console" me! At that point, I knew that I had a LOT to learn, and seriously began the journey that I'm still on.

The girl? It was a very young Sara Rosanski....a Master at the time and very soon to be multi-time Ohio Junior Highpower Champion and High Master. Sara's a lot older and married now, but is STILL a steely-eyed hardholder (FWIW, she was in the NRA Long Range Service Rifle Shoot-Off at the Nationals last year).

Awesome thread. You should re-post for newcomers that may have missed it. I've seen some sniper video on you tube showing this type of shot.