Dont Move...concentrate...Focus on objective.....

[LongTermGuy]

`Snake slithers across US military sniper's rifle in stunning photo`

Even a snake didn’t break the focus of one U.S. military sniper in Alabama.

While conducting a 1-173 Infantry "training exercise".... a southern black racer snake slid across the barrel of junior U.S. Army National Guard sniper Pfc. William Snyder's rifle.

The exercise was performed at Eglin Air Force Base on April 7, according to the Alabama National Guard. Apparently, the sniper’s camouflaged ghillie suit even hid him from the unexpecting snake.


“Our snipers are trained to remain perfectly still for hours on end when in position and remain invisible to enemies and even wildlife,” the Alabama National Guard wrote in a Facebook post. "


​http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/04/18...test+-+Text%29



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[Elessar]

Now THAT would freak some people out!

[pizza_pablo]

He probably knew it was non-venomous.

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[Elessar]

He probably knew it was non-venomous.

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They are easy to tell in North America. All pit vipers have a triangular head and blunted tails
( Rattlesnakes, Cottonmouths, and Copperheads).

Only coral snakes have the rounded head, but still the tail is blunted, not
tapered and whip-like.

[LongTermGuy]

He probably knew it was non-venomous.

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Well said...pizza...

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~ "This answer is not necessarily just about SEALs, but about Special Operations Forces in general. Fear of snakes and poisonous creatures is learned and therefore can be overcome when you realize if you don’t mess with them, they won’t mess with you.
That’s not the main answer, however. SOF troops become extremely good at compartmentalizing. Compartmentalizing is the ability to have a laser like focus at the task at hand and the ability to block everything else out.
In the case of the SEAL sniper, he’ll focus 100% on his mission knowing that the snake or other creepy crawly will most likely make their way past him safely if left alone. If they do not, he’ll deal with it." ~

[LongTermGuy]

Now THAT would freak some people out!

**Most will NEVER know....

[pizza_pablo]

Well said...pizza...

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~ "This answer is not necessarily just about SEALs, but about Special Operations Forces in general. Fear of snakes and poisonous creatures is learned and therefore can be overcome when you realize if you don’t mess with them, they won’t mess with you.
That’s not the main answer, however. SOF troops become extremely good at compartmentalizing. Compartmentalizing is the ability to have a laser like focus at the task at hand and the ability to block everything else out.
In the case of the SEAL sniper, he’ll focus 100% on his mission knowing that the snake or other creepy crawly will most likely make their way past him safely if left alone. If they do not, he’ll deal with it." ~

My comment wasn't that lofty, but thanks for the compliment!
I just meant that since he was from Alabama, being in their National Guard, that is, he was most likely familiar with native reptiles.

[NightTrain]

Screw that!

I would have emptied the clip, reloaded and then emptied that one, too.

[Elessar]

I had a neighbor, a 'Nam vet that was a medic. He was deathly scared of all snakes after his
experience in S.E. Asia. The 'rules' above concerning North American snakes do NOT
apply to those elsewhere in the world.

He ran 100 yards up the street after I caught a garter snake that was under his porch,
scaring him beside himself.

[Black Diamond]

I had a neighbor, a 'Nam vet that was a medic. He was deathly scared of all snakes after his
experience in S.E. Asia. The 'rules' above concerning North American snakes do NOT
apply to those elsewhere in the world.

He ran 100 yards up the street after I caught a garter snake that was under his porch,
scaring him beside himself.

2 steppers? That's what my friends stepdad called them. Get bit and two steps later you're dead.

[High_Plains_Drifter]

I have them right around my place. We've always called them a Blue Racer, or a Black Snake. They're harmless, good rodent eaters. I had one my sidewalk between the house and the shop last year basking in the sun. I just walked around it and left it alone. I've seen them, or possibly the same snake, in other places around here. They've got as much right to live as anything else.