Martin Baxter wrote:
Joe wrote:



My side still aching from laughing. This crazy Canook is saying a
Canadian sniper in Afghanistan has been confirmed as hitting an enemy
soldier at a range of 2,310 meters, the longest recorded and confirmed
sniper shot in history. The previous record of 2,250 meters was set by
US Marine sniper Carlos Hathcock in Vietnam in 1967.

Keep dreaming Canaduh, you will never out shoot Americans.

Right on Joe, everone in the world knows that Americans are better at
anything you care to name than anyone else in the world, anybody who
disagrees should be shot/bombed/tortured/jailed......

Well at shooting anyway, as seen in the results from the international
Sniper Contest at Ft. Bragg. BTW Canada has it's best shooting so did
Isreal

Here are the final standings for the sixth annual International Sniper
Competition:
It happened Monday of this week and Patricia's boy came in 13th...the
best Canada could muster.

1st - Staff Sgt. Joe Lynch and Staff Sgt. Michael Rach, 3rd
Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment.

2nd - Sgt. 1st Class Jason St. John and Staff Sgt. Robby Johnson,
Army Marksmanship Unit.

3rd - Sgt. Michael Cassidy and Sgt. Thomas Payne, 1st Battalion, 75th
Ranger Regiment.

4th - Sgt. 1st Class Eric Wagner and Sgt. 1st Class Tim Gozelski,
Special Warfare Training Group.

5th - Sgt. 1st Class Aric Gray and Sgt. 1st Class Clint Lumpkins,
Special Warfare Training Group.

6th - Marine Sniper School (East). Names withheld.

7th - Sgt. Michael Gerniglia and Sgt. Christofer Kitto, 1st
Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division.

8th - Sgt. Sean Clark and Sgt. Christopher Johnson, 1st Battalion,
21st Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division.

9th - Staff Sgt. Dean Phillips and Sgt. Matthew Weitz, 1st Battalion,
27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division.

10th - Cpl. Greg Shaw and Lance Cpl. James Southall, 1st Battalion,
Coldstream Guards, Great Britain.

11th - Staff Sgt. Daniel Holm and Sgt. Neil Moore, Ranger Operations
Company, 75th Ranger Regiment.

12th - Staff Sgt. Sal Lopez and Sgt. Jesse Cheon, Marine Sniper
School (West).

13th - 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry,
Canada. Names withheld.

14th - Staff Sgt. Lee Lyles and Staff Sgt. Ron Batts, 786th Security
Forces Squadron, Air Force.

15th - Israeli Defense Force. Names withheld.

16th - Sgt. Donald Forbis and Spc. Brendan Kelley, 3rd Battalion,
75th Ranger Regiment.

17th - Sgt. 1st Class Brian Brink and Sgt. Samuel Butterfield, 173rd
Airborne Brigade.

18th - Staff Sgt. Erik Correa, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment,
25th Infantry Division, and Sgt. Adam Daponte, 1st Battalion, 21st
Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division.

19th - 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards, Great Britain. Names
withheld.

20th - Sgt. Adam Gasper and Spc. Michael Pesamoska, 1st Battalion,
15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division.

21st - Sgt. Lorne Wilson and Spc. Daniel Mitchell, 1st Battalion,
27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division.

22nd - 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry,
Canada. Names withheld.

23rd - Sgt. Andre Ashe and Sgt. Stephen Mahlstedt, 2nd Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division.

24th - Sgt. Brad Atanasoff and Sgt. Eric Anderson, 2nd Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division.




Of course that does little to explain why you guys can't win the
Sandhurst Competition:

Sand hust is playing games, has noting to do with real world skills.
:0)

http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/Feature.../06/01_f_e.asp

Been running nearly 40 years, your boys have never won.

I don't know why we would bother..

Joe

Cheers
Marty