Sheepdog Tip of the Day, During Combat tip 240
Police snipers, you might think, would have an easier go of it. They just sit in place and wait for the word. Well, when we're preaching the need for fitness on our sniper courses, we like to relate the scenario of the police sniper making his way up several flights of stairs when he gets the call that "... this guy is killing hostages. Green light, green light. Shoot him ... shoot him now!" The sniper is wearing all his armor and carrying the required equipment, and now he must run up several flights of stairs. He arrives in his position with his legs burning and feeling like rubber and his lungs are coming out his nose. And now he must fire a shot that will take one life to save others. Good people are depending on him.
Linda K. Miller and Keith Cunningham, Secrets of Mental Marksmanship
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