'A milestone': First woman completes Army sniper course

[Jilly_in_VA]

A Montana National Guard soldier became the first woman to finish the Army’s sniper course at Fort Benning, Georgia, military officials said.

The woman, who was not identified in a news release from the Army on Monday, completed the seven-week class Friday.

The military describes the course as a program to turn students into “the most feared weapon on the battlefield.”

The soldier, who enlisted in the National Guard in December, was sent to Fort Benning for basic and advanced individual training. Training staff members and others recommended that she take the sniper course because of her “superior performance,” the Army said.

“We are extremely proud of this soldier’s achievement and recognize that this is a milestone for not only Montana, but the entire National Guard and Army,” Maj. Gen. J. Peter Hronek, the adjutant general for Montana, said in a statement.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/-milestone-first-woman-completes-us-army-sniper-course-rcna4885
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Wonder if Sen. Haw Haw would like to meet her?

[Auggie]

1. Not just about shooting ...

(from the link): Students in the course learn fieldcraft, marksmanship, mission planning, advanced situational awareness, urban operations and other battlefield tactics.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. This is a great accomplishment

[dweller]

3. I bet hawley

just peed himself


✌🏻

[RobinA]

4. Pardon Me

if I, as a woman, do not find this to be a milestone in a direction I like to see women going. I find it sad, really. But then, I also hate all these military milestones for women.

And, as a mental health professional, the very notion of someone, anyone, becoming a sniper makes me a little sick for them.

[Jilly_in_VA]

6. You'd be damn glad of them

if someone was coming for you. That's all I have to say.

[Jilly_in_VA]

5. There was a woman

in my son's platoon in boot camp who could have done this. She was in the Army Olympic Development program. She was a biathlete (skiing and shooting). The first day they had rifle training, she walked in, picked up her rifle, sighted it, and promptly shot a smiley face into the target. The rifle instructor was not amused, but everyone else was and gave her a big "HOOAH!" She ended up leading everybody in riflery and basically being a secondary instructor.

Her name is Kristina Sebasteanski, and she now runs an adaptive winter sports program in Maine which has helped a lot of veterans. She's a great person.

[EX500rider]

7. Also: First All Female Flight

Female fighter pilots assigned to the 36th and 25th Fighter Squadrons fly a historic all-female flight at Osan Air Base, South Korea, Oct. 25, 2021. The benchmark flight is the first time 10 female Airmen have planned, led and flown in a formation together while being assigned to Osan AB. Eight of the pilots were A-10 Thunderbolt II pilots and two were F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots.