 So I'm a ranger and seam leader and I've been in the ranger regiment for six years now. During an operation in Afghanistan, the assault force was in a gunfight with multiple shooters that were barricading themselves in this target compound, just a series of buildings. So during this gunfight, one of the enemy combatants ran out of the back of the compound in a way that the assault force, all of us on the ground, couldn't see. The combatant ended up maneuvering towards a small team of our guys that were just located south of us. And the team of guys that were being moved towards were facing a direction that they couldn't see the enemy combatant. So one of our snipers was positioned accordingly and was looking in his assigned area of responsibility, just a predetermined area for him to watch over us. And because he was doing that, he was able to see the enemy combatant maneuvering towards friendly forces. He effectively neutralized the threat and you could easily make the case that he saved three lives that night. Snipers bring a unique boost to ranger assaulters and they allow the ranger assaulter more freedom of maneuver and I should well, to put it better, just more freedom to do their own job. Knowing again that I have this set of eyes watching me and seeing things that I can, and at the same time that same set of eyes is trained to make a shot that I couldn't possibly make, that takes an entire block of worry away from me and it allows me to do my job without worrying that someone will approach me from a different direction that I can't see and it takes care of unforeseen circumstances that I can't control. So I would tell a sniper that I just appreciate the skill set that they provide because not only does it provide me the freedom to do my job well, they provide a security blanket for me that has, it brings great confidence to one who's on the battlefield. So I would just thank them for providing this relevant skill set.