Military Snipers Learn From Competition
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Corp. Eugenio Mendoza, a young veteran of the Iraq war, had to carry his buddy for 50 yards, scale an 8-foot wall and crawl through a water-logged tunnel at the 4th International Sniper Competition, where the challenges are designed to simulate combat scenarios in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Some like to compete, but group training isn't for everyone.
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Second order for MRAP armored vehicles goes to a surprise winner.
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By Douglas A. Kaid, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Jan. 31--LAKEWOOD RANCH -- Sometimes the other team is simply better. It's a tough thing to admit for competitors who spend all season trying to convince themselves they can't be beaten if they play their best.
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Chasing relative performance leads to a short-term orientation.
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They practice emergency scenarios using Ground Truth, a real-time strategy game.
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In high school, Pfc. Joseph Anzack Jr. was surprisingly self-assured, knowing early what he wanted to do with his life: the military.
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BROCKTON -- The sound of machine-gun fire -- or is that popcorn popping? -- thunders over the Brockton Fairgrounds Racetrack. Squads of men storm the field. They're armed, ready, and dressed for paintball.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- The first time Jose Ramirez saw a human body ripped apart by a rocket, it took hours for him to regain his composure. Nothing in his training as a Navy medical corpsman had prepared him for the sight of the dead Marine brought in September to the military field hospital outside Fallujah.
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Though the next president will probably command soldiers in two separate wars, few of those hoping to win the job can say they've ever seen combat or even taken abuse from a drill sergeant.
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The military is looking to help grunts dodge explosives by funding next-generation technology that can predict where the deadly devices are made and placed.
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Predators know to hunt the weakest animal in the herd. So do the Iraqi insurgents. It is an essential truth about the Iraq war that&#39;s ingrained in soldiers like Pvt.
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BAGHDAD -- Pvt. Kodey Briggs slid out from behind the wheel of the Humvee. He looked at what was left of his driver's-side window -- the spider  web of cracked armored glass, the layer that didn't break.
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Videos of military operations and others designed for recruitment are posted by the armed forces on YouTube.
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Defending against the enemy within It's well known that military projects can sometimes yield valuable spin-off technologies for civilian markets.â¦
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General Petraeus's drive against Sunni militants has got off to a quick start. But its success will depend on intelligence
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CAMP ANACONDA, Iraq -- No one breaks stride on the elliptical trainers when the announcement blares over the loudspeakers every few hours. Nobody pauses at racquetball at either of the two multimillion-dollar gyms at this war-zone base.