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Old 10-10-2019, 02:16 AM   #61707
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My son I think is same.

My son has a picture of the 15 guys in his advanced sniper school class. 6 made it back from Afghanistan. I think that is one of the reasons he doesn't like to talk about it, or be thanked. He witnessed lots of death. I'm just glad he made it back, and is mentally ok.
He's lucky. The last sniper I talked to, which was maybe 20 years ago, was a Vietnam veteran/sniper who did not have it together. Not a pleasant job from the sound of it.
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