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to chat about at a cocktail party. In my experience, people
already have a formed opinion of what type of person you
must be, what morals you have, and that you must be a little
"off," long before you even meet them. You spend days crawling,
climbing, slinking, stinking, getting bitten by every bug,
scratched by every thicket, attempting to relieve yourself
while laying on your side, looking through night vision or
scopes for endless hours, sleeping in fifteen minute bursts,
just to get to a "target area." once on the target area, you do
the business of a sniper, usually in support of a SeAL assault
team that comes in fast and hard in helicopters, then fastrope
down onto the target, take it down, then board and fly away.
now your work begins again, exfiltration, the art of getting
out of the target area (sometimes with some very angry enemies
running around trying to figure out what happened).
There are so many different skill sets that need to be constantly
refined as Sniper tactics, equipment, weather, enemy
and ballistic trajectories change dramatically in an Urban-
Sniper role. It is one thing to be able to hide in a jungle with
vast areas of cover and concealment, it is an entirely other
thing to be an effective sniper in a City or Urban Warfare
environment. The difficulty factor goes way up. The amount
of practice, study, and hours spent mastering every type of environment
(shooting from buildings, helicopters, ships, shooting
thru glass, walls, different mathematical calculations for
temperature, humidity, altitude, load, etc . . . it is a non-stop
learning game in addition to your other SeAL missions.
When I tell people that there are many complementary
skill sets as a Sniper and a Ceo of a company, they think I
am absolutely crazy, but there are many. A good Ceo is there
to "support" his team and help make them look good. not the
other way around. To defer attention . . . and not be a jackass.
The ability to focus on getting from A to B without being distracted,
the ability to operate and maintain a company's focus
through constant changes, and adapting rather than causing
panic. The ability to not have an ego in the game at hand and
not make the mission, goal, or success "about me," but rather
about everyone else. To use your power only when the moment
is required, not flaunting it for all to see.
I apologize if this long-winded answer in the end does not
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