NĀ KĀWANA MAKAHIKI MAKAHI CAMP PENDLETON, CA - "Ke uku nei mākou," wahi a ka poʻe Staff Sgt. ʻO Timothy C. La Sage, 28,ʻo Milwaukee, Scout Sniper Platoon, Koa Weapons, 2nd Battalion, 5 Marine Marine, ke'ōlelo neiʻo ia no ka ho'āʻoʻana o kāna pūʻulu e hoʻolālā no kā lākouʻoihana sniper platoon. ʻAʻole pono wale nō ka manaʻo o Marines e noi ana i ka mana sniper, akā, pono lākou e ola kino. Pono lākou e lilo i mea pana akamai i nā meaʻoihanaʻoihana koa.
No ka liloʻana i sniper, pono i nā mea noi e hele i kahi nānāʻelua lā.
"ʻO kēia keʻano o ka hōʻailona o ka hoʻoikaika kinoʻana, kaʻikeʻana i kaʻauʻau, ka hoʻokele'āina, ka holo wāwae, a me ka hoʻonaninaniʻana i ka pō." Paneʻo Sgt no nā lāʻelua. ʻO Adam R. Desy, Scout Sniper Platoon, Kamupene Koa,ʻelua o ka Battalion, Marine Regiment.
"Keʻimi nei mākou i nā kānaka i hiki iā lākou ke hana pono'ī iā lākou iho. He kuleana lākou aʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa nā pilikia kūlohelohe e like me ka hoʻokeleʻana i lalo o ka mana a iʻole nā mea likeʻole likeʻole ma ka hoʻokolokoloʻana," i'ōlelo aiʻo La Sage.
ʻO ke kumu o nā koi koʻikoʻi ke kuleana o ka hana. I ka wā o nā hana, hoʻopukaʻia e nā snipers kaʻike manawa o kaʻenemi i nā luna kiʻekiʻe.
Hiki i kahi hui ke hoʻokumu i kā lākou mau hana mai kaʻike i hāʻawiʻia e sniper e hoʻokomo i ka hōʻeha a me nā hana hewa e kū'ē ana i nā pūʻali koa.
Ma hope o ka hoʻokumuʻana o ka poʻe hoʻopiʻi, hele lākou i kahi papa hoʻonaʻauao kūʻana i nā hebedoma i nā kumuhana sniper.
"I loko o ka hebedoma mua, ke aʻo nei mākou i nā mākau papahana e like me ka haʻalulu, nāʻike e nānā ai, nā papa lekiō, a me nā hana hoʻomanaʻo. i'ōleloʻia.
"I loko o ka puleʻelua, ke aʻo aku nei mākou i kahi hoʻomahaʻana, ka nānāʻana i ka nānāʻana, ka hoʻonaʻauaoʻana o ka pō, ka huliʻana, a pehea e kūkulu ai i ka 'hide,' kahi kūpono e uhiʻia a hūnāʻia e nā snipers.
He like ia me kahi hakakā. Kapaʻia mākou he 'mole hole', "wahi a La Sage.
"ʻO ke kolu o ka hebedoma ka hebedoma misionari a ke aʻo nei lākou e hana pono iā lākou iho. E hana mākou i kahi papa hanaʻekolu lā a mākou e hoʻokomo iā lākou i kahi kokoke iʻeono mau mile mai ko lākou pahu hopu. ʻO nā poʻe kahiko o ke kahua pāʻani e pāʻani ma ka pūʻali e like me keʻenemi a me ke kauoha kiʻekiʻe, haʻi ka poʻe kāpena i nā 'neʻe o kaʻenemi' i ka 'kauoha', i'ōlelo akuʻo La Sage.
"Ma ka hopena ma ka hebedomaʻehā, e aʻo aku iā lākou pehea e pana ai ma ke kahua 117, kahi e hoʻohana ai mākou i kahi mamao ākea a hiki i 1,000 iwilei, a ma hope o kēlā, e aʻo mākou i nā mamao mamaoʻole," i'ōlelo aiʻo La Sage.
"Ma hope o ka hanaʻana o ka papa hoʻolālā, uaʻikeʻiaʻo Marines e like me keʻano o nā mea hoʻolālā kūpono a'ōleloʻia.
"I loko o kēia manawa hiki iā lākou ke hele i ke kula Scout Sniper aloʻia a ma hope o ka hāʻawiʻiaʻana o ka Specialty Professionals Specialty and the title Hunters of Gunmen," i'ōlelo aiʻo La Sage.
"Ke hāpai nei mākou i ka haʻaheo i kā mākouʻoihana.ʻO ka nui o kā mākou mau waiwai kālepa, a kūʻai mākou iā mākou iho," i'ōlelo aku aiʻo Cpl. J. Eric Roblez, 21, o Anaheim, Calif., Scout Sniper Platoon.
Hana mākou i ko mākou pono pono'ī a hana hou a kāpae paha iā lākou ma hope o kēlā me kēia'ōpala.
He manawa kūpono loa ia, a he pono e hoʻolaʻa iāʻoe, akā e pono ia, "wahi āna.