 I'm Brett William-Johnson, Command Sergeant Major for the Third Range Battalion. I've been here for 19 years. So probably the most significant time I've had in an interaction with one of our snipers that would be worthy enough to tell the story. There's been a bunch, but this one's probably the most significant. It was 2006 I was a Staff Sergeant in the First Range Battalion and we were going after a high-value target in Eastern Iraq. As we showed up to the target, we came in and started walking in and one of the other squad leaders said, hey, I can see the guys. They're all walking around and they have guns. So as we moved up to the target, one of the sentries identified the other squad leader on the target on the eastern side of the objective and started to engage at us. As our assault force started to engage the enemy, we rapidly moved up my squad and right as we were about to break the corner of the building, a guy unbeknownst to us was literally coming around the corner with an AK-47. It would have taken out me and both of my team leaders at the time. Our sniper was postured in a perfect position. It didn't have enough time to tell us it was happening because things happened so fast in a firefight. As we broke the corner, he took the most perfect well-aimed shot and put him down as we broke the corner as we could continue to go and engage the rest of the guys. The year was 2006 when all this happened and things were pretty dynamic in Iraq in 2006, 7, 8, 9, 10. Things like that happened on a nightly basis over there. You tell them thanks, give them a little fist bump, but you've got to concentrate on the next target. That was last night, the next night's a new target, so you've got to get back out there and get your game face on because every night's different. I don't know if I have a tally in my head at how many times I've saved my life, but I'm sure my wife is pretty thankful for them as well. The significance of a sniper at the command perspective is just another tool in our kit bag. We have multiple assets within our organization and when a sniper is used properly, you can get some phenomenal information about the target that you're looking at and how they support a maneuver element as they're moving up and then take those critical shots within feet like I just explained that'll save lives. Their critical role on the battlefield to observe and report and then take the most critical shot when needed is a skill that can't perish. It goes back to rehearsals and planning and continue to refine their skills. Some of the most patient people I've ever met in my life, I'm not a very patient person so I could have never met a very good sniper, but their ability to see the battlefield, to see what's next, to observe, report and then to take that critical shot is pretty impressive.