rhino 0 #1 March 27, 2005 You are in front of your new sniper platoon and they ask you this question... Why do you want to be a sniper? What is your answer? Rhino Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #2 March 27, 2005 QuoteWhy do you want to be a sniper? What is your answer? Because the MOS for a cook wasn't available. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #3 March 27, 2005 QuoteYou are in front of your new sniper platoon and they ask you this question... Why do you want to be a sniper? What is your answer? Rhino I would put on a crazed look in my eyes; look to the left and right; then in my best Jack Nicholson voice, I'd say: "Well...every once in a while I get this urge to kill...you know what I mean?""There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #5 March 27, 2005 This is the next step in the natural progression of attaining your goal of being the best possible tool in the military arsenal. You are honored to have the opportunity to become a member of the elite group charged with the responsibility of seeing to it that the policies of the Commander in Chief are carried out quickly and efficiently.... The skills and abilities you've gained thus far in your military career are the stepping stones you've needed to finally arrive at the top tier and accomplish those goals. Or.... SNIPER SCHOOL??? shit! I thought it said VIPER school! I'love snakes!! Fuckin' lifers! ...Or The the MOS with the most possible growth market potential in the private sector... Wanna be good at SOMETHING when I retire! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MWGemini 0 #6 March 27, 2005 If you expect to be asked this, the best answer is your own, and one that is honest. That being said, possible answers are: "I like the thought of having the power of god" (bad answer) "I like working alone" or "The thought of lying in a shallow grave filled with my own bodily fluids for days on end appeals to me" "Ammo is expensive. I'm just trying to reduce taxes." There are plenty others, but are you looking for honest answers, or joking ones? If the latter, I like Dave's comment about cook school being full. Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soulshine 0 #7 March 27, 2005 Quote"Ammo is expensive. I'm just trying to reduce taxes." I like that one. Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity! ~DEVIOUS BEEF~~FGF #69~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shellybellyfly 0 #8 March 27, 2005 the answer is (c). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jib 0 #9 March 27, 2005 To improve my deer hunting? -------------------------------------------------- the depth of his depravity sickens me. -- Jerry Falwell, People v. Larry Flynt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhino 0 #10 March 27, 2005 I'm doing it to save lives... My fellow Marines and Soldiers... If my doing this job saves just one fellow service member it will be worth it. I am also doing it because it is the ultimate in self-discipline requiring constant and never ending improvement. I like to be challenged. I love it. This will be the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. Graduating this school would be HUGE.. If I am operating at anything less that 150% I will fail.. Failure isn't an option. I've wanted this for too long and this is my one and only chance. They are Elite. I want to earn the right to be called a Marine Corps Scout Sniper. I want to prove to myself that I can do it. I know that I can. It is something that I have always wanted to accomplish for a number of internal reasons. I could go on about why.. I think I got the point across... Rhino Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MWGemini 0 #11 March 27, 2005 Sounds like you're doing it for the right reasons and already have the answer, then. When I was in the Army, I had a few friends who had gone through sniper school. I'm not sure if its the same one the Corps uses, but I'm sure theirs is just as difficult. Good luck. Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #12 March 27, 2005 Appears to me, you have your answer. All the best to you. You'll do great. Keep us posted on how it goes. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,300 #13 March 27, 2005 Some men are called to serve God. Some men are called to serve their country. Some men are called to serve the needs of their felllow marines. My calling is to serve all three by being one of the U.S. Marine Corps best.Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pds 0 #14 March 27, 2005 i am sick and tired of failed so-called peace keeping missions. there is a time and a place for just taking a muthafucka out. that is what i intend to do. SIR.namaste, motherfucker. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sfzombie13 324 #15 March 27, 2005 that's a good one, but i like rhino's answer the best. to save the life of fellow marines....has a nice ring to it, don't ya think? in sf, they call it sotic - special operations target interdiction course. still fun, i'm sure._________________________________________ Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,300 #16 March 27, 2005 Actually, I'm thinking I like pds' answer best, but it lacks the PC of the new modern military.Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leroydb 0 #17 March 27, 2005 QuoteBecause the MOS for a cook wasn't available. Fk that... I am in the army and am not a cook... but they work loooong hard hours. no s^%$ Rather do a desk job... wait I do.. hahaha it's all fun and games till your pay is fkd upLeroy ..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bozo 0 #18 March 27, 2005 QuoteYou are in front of your new sniper platoon and they ask you this question... Why do you want to be a sniper? What is your answer? Rhino ----------------------------------------------------- Anything that will get me off of the "group W" bench cuz I wanna kill ....kill........KILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL hahaha bozo USN Expert Marksman bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhino 0 #20 March 28, 2005 Anyone else? Sheesh! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
salling772 0 #21 March 29, 2005 sniper work in teams of two the shoter and the spoter.---------------------------------------------- All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you. J. R. T. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyingferret 0 #22 March 29, 2005 And then you have 3 people, and they call it a movement.-- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hipwrddude 0 #23 March 29, 2005 Q. Why do you want to be a sniper? A. On the winds of war where the fires burn, there’s an enemy soldier planting an IED; there’s an enemy soldier reconnoitering positions; there’s an enemy soldier firing on friendlies from concealed positions atop towers and buildings. At that moment of truth, when life and death hang in the balance, the lives of my fellow Marines may depend solely on me. My fellow Marines are the purpose for my existence, though they may not know me, nor I them, or know where, I am. I move out on call, for purpose hath no fear, for without my fellow Marines, I am nothing. I move like a phantom in the night, like a jaguar in the day, to employ my surgical marksmanship for the preservation of my fellow Marines, for the continuance of the Mission. There is no higher calling, there is no higher purpose. In an instant, the IED is neutralized; in an instant, the probe is finished; in an instant, the threat is neutralized. To thine enemies, I am Harm’s Way, don’t tread near me, I am unseen, unheard and deadly. That’s why I want to be a sniper. Any questions? --for my brother, 1st Sgt. Amos Dias, former Instructor, Marine Corps Sniper School. R.I.P. Corporal Lima, C Co. 2nd Plt. 2nd Recon Bn. You're always the starter in your own life! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyinNover 0 #24 March 29, 2005 QuoteWhy do you want to be a sniper? Because Oswald was a fag. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
namgrunt 0 #25 March 29, 2005 you will find the MOST stable minds in the service are snipers,ALL are team players ALL have great PACIENCE . able to focus on task at hand not snake eaters or stone killers mental exams are intense NOT what most think this mos is must have great powers of obsurvation you will not be working alone but will have a spotter and he calls the shots it is NOT like tv or the movies on the outher hand it is very personil when you do make a shot you will see the results .59 YEARS,OVERWEIGHT,BALDIND,X-GRUNT LAST MIL. JUMP VIET-NAM(QUAN-TRI) www.dzmemories.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
