I used to play this game called Counter Strike: Source, and now has evolved to Counter Strike: Global Offensive, and because of this game, it inspired to try out for the Marines, as well as apply video game tactics towards real life situations, where gamification (in moderation) could be useful for cognitive flexibility, which further research will be done for this topic in future articles.

2.  A sniper is a well-trained marksman who engages targets
from concealed positions over distance in support of
combat operations.
Equipments vary by missions as well as the area he operates in.

3. Marksmanship – long distance, first round impact, “Kentucky Windage”
Discipline
Cunning
Position
Location
Equipments
Escape routes
Back-up plans

4. Target elimination
 Main target
 Targets of opportunity
Sabotage
 Disabling enemy equipments and vehicles
Reconnaissance
 Intelligence gathering
 Overwatch

5.  Lone-wolfing
independent operation.
 Expendable
CP abandoned the
snipers; receiving
multiple enemy fire.
 Sniper’s mindset
emotions such as anger
and vengeance are a
sniper’s killer.

6.  Mission:
assassination of a NVA general in his
headquarter.
 Location:
heavily guarded enemy territory, Vietnam
1967.
 Action:
crawl 1,300 yards to reach his FFP - distance
of 700 yards between himself and the target.
One shot, one kill.

7.  Land navigation & marksmanship
 Stalking & fieldcraft
 Communication & surveillance