Air Force Snipers ku Iraq - Sgts. Knoll ndi Jones

Monga Sgts Staff. Larry Knoll ndi Ace Jones anayenda mumsewu wonyansa, matayala a knobby a magalimoto awo onse ankakwera mitambo yakuda.

Mphungu, atakulungidwa pamakona awo a Kevlar, anaphimba maso awo. Ankavala magolovesi ndi zitsulo zolemera, zomwe zimagwiritsa ntchito zida zochokera kumabotolo awo. Ndipo adali ndi M-4s - mfuti yaposachedwa ya M-16 - anagwera pamapewa awo.

Mabungwe a chitetezo ankavala zida za malonda awo. Mabwenzi ndi abwenzi awo, adadziwa momwe angagwiritsire ntchito mabomba awo, mapulasitiki ndi mabomba a njinga pamsewu wopita ku Bashur Airfield, ku Iraq, komwe kuli makilomita 25 kumpoto kwa mzinda wa Iraq ku Baghdad.

Iwo anayima pafupi ndi mzere wa mahema, ananyamuka pa magalimoto awo ndipo anadzipukuta okha. Pakati pawo, airmen ankakhala pamapando kunja kwa malo awo osungiramo zinyumba, akukambirana ndi kugawa pansi Zakudya, Okonzeka Kudya. Ndipo patapita tsiku litali pantchitoyi, ndalamazo zinali zovuta kwambiri kwa Knoll ndi Jones.

"Ndi tsiku liti. Takhala otanganidwa kuyambira pamene tinanyamuka, "anatero Knoll, yemwe wakhala wapolisi wa chitetezo. "Zidzakhala bwino kuti ndisiye mapazi anga kwa kanthawi."

Koma atatha maola 14 kuntchito, panali mwayi kuti asapume. Panthawi iliyonse amatha kuyitanidwa kuti ayambe kusinthana ndi anzawo ena.

Osati mtundu wa mafilimu ku Hollywood omwe amalowa mumidzi kuti atenge masabata akuwombera mdani chifukwa cha kuwombera kwake, wina amaphe mphindi.

Ayi. Knoll ndi Jones akufulumira kunena kuti ali - oyambirira - asilikali otetezeka omwe ntchito yawo ndikuteteza airmen anzawo.

"Tidzachita chilichonse chomwe chingateteze asilikali athu," anatero Knoll, wa Saratoga Springs, NY

Ku Bashur - chipinda cha ndege cha Air Force kumpoto kwa Iraq pampando waukulu wa ntchito ya Iraqi Freedom.

Kupitiliza kuyendetsa malo osungira katundu, kumayang'anitsitsa pazowonongeka zolowera ndi kumanga malo otetezera kuwombera.

Osati vuto. Ndizo zomwe awiriwa amaphunzitsidwa kuchita. Chimene iwo ankayembekezera pamene adalowa mu Air Force kuti akhale asilikali otetezeka. Amakonda moyo wawo. Komanso, pamene adadzipereka kuntchito ndi 86th Contingency Response Group, adadziwa kuti kuti achite ntchito yawo, iwo ayenera kukhala opanda maziko pakati pa nkhondo kwinakwake.

Iwo ali mu gawo lapadera, lokhalo mu Air Force. Ntchito ya gululi ndiyo yoyamba kugwa pansi kuti ikhale yopanga malo oyendetsa njinga zam'mlengalenga ndi maofesi apanyanja - pronto. Mtsinje wa 786 wotchedwa Expeditionary Defense Force Squadron, kumene Knoll ndi Jones akugwira ntchito, amapereka chitetezo. Mabombawa amasungira chitetezo chokhala ndi chitetezo pamene akuyenda, kumasula ndi kutsegula ndege kuzungulira koloko.

Diso lakuthwa

Komabe, Knoll ndi Jones sanalephere kufufuza mapiri oyandikana nawo - mwangwiro omwe adakonza popanga maphunziro a sniper. Ndi diso lakuthwa kwa sniper, iwo amayang'ana mdani wosawoneka. Mdani wamtundu komanso wamba yemwe, ngati atatsegulidwa, akhoza kumenyana ndi kupha okwatirana ndi abambo ndipo amachititsa kuti zisamuke.

Gulu la sniper likuyembekeza kuyika maphunziro awo ku yeseso.

Kotero, iwo ankasunga mfuti zawo zautali ndi Ghillie suti zokonzekera zokonzeka. Mu mphindi zingapo, amatha kusonkhanitsa zida zawo ndikukhalira pansi kumapiri kuti afufuze.

Koma m'midzi yambiri ya kumidzi yomwe inali moyandikana ndi ndege, anthu achikurdi ankadziwa bwino mabwenzi awo komanso oyandikana nawo. Nkhope zatsopano n'zosavuta kuziwona. Choncho, nkhani za mlendo zimayenda mofulumira, ndipo zimakhala zovuta kuti anthu ogwira ntchito mwanzeru amve malowa.

Ndi anthu anzeru omwe amapereka zidole zawo.

Koma maso ndi makutu akumeneko anathandiza kuti asilikali a Iraq ndi magulu a zigawenga asatuluke ndikunyamuka ku Bashur.

Koma nkhondo yauchigawenga si ntchito yeniyeni. Azondi sakudziŵika ndipo amamenya mwamsanga, kuchititsa kuti ziwonongeko zisamaime, Jones adanena. Ndipo ntchito yayikulu ya Bashuri inatsimikiza kuti idzawopsyeza nthawi zonse pamene nkhondo ndi Iraq idzapitirirabe.

Jones, yemwe ali ndi zaka 11 za Wake Forrest, NC "Koma tifunika kukhala okonzeka kusinthana ndi sniper mode, kuti tipewe vuto lililonse munthu aliyense asapweteke . "

Knoll ndi Jones akhala gulu limodzi kwa zaka zoposa ziwiri. Iwo amalemekeza maluso awo kudzera mu maphunziro ambiri. Iwo amakhala okonzeka ndipo amatha kusonkhanitsa kitsulo ka sniper ndi kukhala pazowonjezera maminiti. Iwo ankadziwa kuti cholinga chawo chachikulu chikanakhala munthu woipa atanyamula msilikali woponyedwa paphewa.

Chifukwa chake iwo adayang'ana pa mapiri. Chifukwa kanyumba kamodzi kokha kamene kanathamangitsidwa kuchokera kumtunda uliwonse wozungulira pamtunda wawo mumzindawu kukhoza kuvulaza kwambiri. Ndipo ngati msilikali wagunda ndege yonyamula katundu, ikhoza kuyimitsa kayendetsedwe kake kolowera kumalo okwera mamita 7,000.

Izo sizikanakhala zabwino, kunena pang'ono. Chifukwa chakuti nthawi yomwe ntchitoyi imatha kumasula Iraq, zoposa 366 C-17 Globemaster III ndi C-130 Hercules zimatulutsa katundu woposa mapaundi okwana 23 miliyoni pa ndege. Ndege zambiri zinkafika usiku, zitanyamula katundu ndi zipangizo. Airmen anathamanga kukawamasula ndi kuwala kobiriwira kwa masomphenya awo usiku.

Mapiri oyandikana nawo ankamva phokoso la injini za ndege. Ndipo gululi linathamangira ntchito kuti liwonjezere gawo lina la chitetezo ku usiku wa Bashuri. Knoll ndi Jones ankadziwa kuti ayenera kuchita ntchito yawo mumdima. Ziribe kanthu, iwo anati.

"Usana kapena usiku, ntchito yathu ndi yoti tipewe cholinga chake asanayambe kuwombera pa ndege imodzi ya ndalama zambiri kapena kupha munthu," adatero Knoll.

Choncho kusowa phokoso sikungatheke. Chinthu china chochepa kuposa chigamulo chotsimikiziridwa sichitha pang'ono kuchepetsa chiopsezo cha airmen pansi. Koma ngati ndondomeko yeniyeni ya ntchito yawo imayambitsa zovuta kwambiri kwa oswa, izo sizinawonetsere pa nkhope zawo.

"Iwe umangotsimikiza kuti usasokoneze," adatero Knoll.

Ophunzitsidwa kuti awone

Koma "kusokonezeka" sikuli m'mawu awo. Amadziwa kuti maluso awo ndi ofunikira kwambiri. Kuti mphekesera zomwe iwo ali pankhondo zingathe kutumiza anthu kuti azidutsa.

"Snipers ndi omwe amaletsa mtima kwambiri pa nkhondo," adatero Knoll.

Iwo ndiwonso asilikali omwe amadedwa kwambiri mu chigawo cholimbana. Choncho anthu omwe amawombera amayenera kuika maganizo awo pa ntchito ndi zomwe akuchita kuti apulumuke, adatero.

"Sitingathe kulakwitsa," adatero. "Pali zambiri zomwe zili pangozi, komanso mumamva kuti ndi abiti angati amene abwera kuchokera kundende ya nkhondo?"

Knoll ndi Jones amavomereza maudindo a ntchito yawo ndi zoopsa. Iwo adadziwa zomwe akulowa pamene adalowa nawo gulu loyankhidwa, ndi likulu lawo ku Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

Mtsogoleri wawo ali pafupi ndi Sembach Air Base. Pamene iwo anafika, panali azondi asanu ndi limodzi. Koma zaka ziwiri ndi theka zapitazo, Knoll ndi Jones akhala awiri okha. Ma desiki awo akudutsa wina ndi mzake, ndipo amaphunzitsa pamodzi. Iwo amatha kusiya ntchito, nayonso, kotero amadziwana bwinobwino.

Onse awiri adadutsa mu Sukulu ya Army Sniper ku Fort Benning, Ga., Mwezi umodzi. Anadutsanso sukulu ya Air National Guard-countersniper ku Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Ark.

Koma ndi maphunziro a masabata asanu ku sukulu yapamwamba ya asilikali yomwe imawapangitsa kukhala ofunika ku gulu. Iwo adaphunzira luso lapamwamba kwambiri, kuti awononge zotsatira za mphepo ndikuyesa malingaliro ake. Anaphunziranso kuzindikira, kulumikiza, kugubuduza, ndi kupota. Ndipo adaphunzira kusankha malo, ndi kukhazikitsa, kutsogolo-kumvetsera ndi kuwonetsa malo, komanso kudziwa momwe angakhalire osadziwika.

Izi zimapatsa otsogolera gulu lovuta kugwiritsira ntchito momwe angagwiritsire ntchito anthu osuta. Mtsogoleriyo akhoza kuwasunga pabwalo la ndege kuti athe kulimbikitsa chitetezo kapena kupereka moto wothandizira - kapena kuwaumiriza kuti ayendetse pafupi. Maulendo autali, omwe angathe masiku angapo, akupeza anyamata oipa omwe ali ndi maulendo apamwamba. Zida zimenezi zingawononge ndege kuchokera kutali kwambiri ngati mailosi asanu ndi limodzi.

"Ife tikuyendetsa bwino kutsogolo kutsogolo kutsogolo, kotero ife tikhoza kutengera chithunzithunzi bwino tisanati tiwopsyeze ndege yathu kapena anthu," Knoll adanena. "Tiyenera kukhala maso nthawi zonse."

Kamodzi pa kusaka, kuthamanga kwanthawi yaitali, anthu omwe ali kutali kwambiri amachokera ku vuto. Kotero Knoll ndi Jones amatha maola ambiri pa kuwombera ndi kuwombera mfuti zawo za M-24 . Ndi kusinthidwa kwa usilikali kwa mfuti ya Remington 700 yosaka.

"Timagwira ntchito monga gulu, kotero timadziwa momwe wina aliyense amagwirira ntchito," adatero Jones.

Mgwirizanowu unapereka ndalama ku sukulu ya Army, komwe anthu othawira kumoto amafunika kuwombera kuchokera ku 400 mpaka 600 pamapikisano omwe amakhala okwera 12 mpaka masentimita 20. Amawombera m'madera osiyanasiyana komanso m'madera osiyanasiyana. Nthawi zina ankadziŵa kutalika kwa chandamale ndipo nthawi zina sadziwa. Ndipo ayenera kugunda zida zowonongeka masana ndi usiku.

Kuti apite gawo lililonse, anthu omwe amamenyana nawo amayenera kugunda zolinga 14. Knoll ndi Jones anachita bwino.

"Ife timagonjetsa zolinga 18 kapena 19 nthawi zonse," adatero Jones. "Timadzikuza kuti ndife okwera bwino."

Onse awiri afika pamalopo oposa 1,000. Koma ku Bashur, ngakhale Knoll kapena Jones anawombera. Anapitiriza kuphunzitsa ndikuyenda maulendo aatali, koma sanapite ntchito yeniyeni. Iwo ankafuna mosiyana.

Iwo anali ndi chisangalalo china ngakhale. Knoll ndi Jones - ndi mabungwe ena 18 omwe anawatumizira ku Bashur pamodzi ndi anthu 1,000 ogwira ntchito ku bungwe la 173rd Airborne Brigade ku Vicenza, Italy. Asirikali anapeza malo oyendayenda pamene airmen anapeza njira yoyendetsera ndege.

Zinali zodumphira mbiri, ndipo 14 a Air Force jumpers anali magulu a chitetezo. Airmen anali a Air Force omwe anayamba kugwiritsidwa ntchito mpaka parachute kupita kumalo omenyana. Ndipo akuluakulu a C-17 omwe adawagwetsa anali pamsana wawo woyamba wa nkhondo.

"Ife tangobwera kwathu kuchokera ku ntchito ndipo tinakhala ndi masiku anayi kuti tibwerere ku siteji kuti tuluke ku Bashur," adatero Jones. "Zinali zosangalatsa, ngakhale kuti sitinkadziwa kuti tingayembekezere zotani."

Mwamwayi, vuto lenileni la Iraq silinapangidwe konse. Komabe, Knoll ndi Jones anayeretsa mfuti zawo ndipo ankasunga zovala zawo za Ghillie, kuzikongoletsa ndi zida za nsalu, zingwe, ndi zomera zapanyumba kuti azigwirizana nawo.

Iwo ankagwira ntchito mozungulira koloko - mpaka kumitsipa yawo mu magulu a chitetezo ntchito omwe iwo ankaphunzitsidwa kuti achite. Koma sadakhumudwe.

"Pamene ndinazindikira kuti ndikudumphira ku Iraq, ndinaikidwa pansi," adatero Jones. "Sindinathe kuyembekezera kuti ndifike ku Iraq ndikugwira ntchito yanga, ndipo ndizo zomwe ndinachita."

Knoll anali ndi chikhulupiriro kuti iye ndi Jones angatenge kupita kumapiri kuti akanthe adani. Koma pamene izo sizinachitike, iwo anapitirizabe ntchito yawo yotetezera mphamvu.

"Ichi chinali chodetsa nkhaŵa chathu, makamaka," adatero Knoll. "Koma ngati atatifuna kuti tizithawa, ndife okonzeka kuthetsa vuto lililonse limene lingakhalepo."