The Real Miss America

[Buzzard]

Nothing blends in better with the environment like 1/4 carat diamonds earrings and lip gloss.

The real Miss America...
A 19 year old ex-cheerleader now an Air Force Security Forces Sniper was watching a road that led to a mlitary base when she observed a man digging by the road.
She engaged the target (she shot him). It turned out he was a bomb maker for the Taliban, and he was burying an IED that was to be detonated when a US patrol walked by 30 minutes later. It would have certainly killed and/or wounded several soldiers.
The interesting fact of this story is the shot was measured a 725 yards. She shot him as he was bent over burying the bomb...The shot went through him and into the bomb which detonated; he was blown to pieces. The Air Force made a motivational poster of her.
Folks, that's a shot 25 yards longer than seven football fields.
If You Can Not Stand Behind Our Troops, please Feel Free to Stand in Front of them!!!!!

This from a Granddad of an Army Soldier Girl!
buzzard

 

[DaveC]

Hmmm... I wonder how many virgins a failed IED planter gets?

 

[Erich_870]

This thread is worthless without pics!

So I Googled it...

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

Erich

 

[Fulltimer]

She is a cutie even if she didn't make that shot.

Terry

 

[deacon]

God bless the USA and the men and women who protect her

 

[moonshiner]

Hmmm... I wonder how many virgins a failed IED planter gets?

the answer is : NONE.. he gets goat heads and flaming pineapples up his 4$$..

 

[kerf]

I believe it's referred to as 7.62mm diplomacy and it works every time.

Job well done young lady!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[matthurd]

I believe it's referred to as 7.62mm diplomacy and it works every time.

Job well done young lady!!!!!!!!!!!

at that range it was probably done with a barret .50 caliber rifle, and i personally believe that arrangement is even more effective.

 

[deacon]

That .50 will shoot through a concrete block wall and kill with the concrete pieces I'm told.

 

[Mike B]

Who told you?

 

[matthurd]

Who told you?

not sure where he got that bit, but i have no trouble believing it, there are multiple documented confirmed kills from over a mile away with that gun, the things practically small artillery lol.

 

[kerf]

at that range it was probably done with a barret .50 caliber rifle, and i personally believe that arrangement is even more effective.

The 308 is routinely used at ranges out to and beyond 1000 yards. The M118LR round with its 175 gr. boat tail hollow point bullet was designed specifically for this mission. This hollow point bullet is not designed for terminal expansion as this would violate the Geneva Convention but is a match bullet hollow pointed for reasons of concentricity.

 

[deacon]

a guy who claims he did it in faluga spelled wrong. shot through the wall of a seven eleven type thing