LOL! Sometimes you just gotta laugh

[MarinePMI]

Sometimes you just gotta laugh and shake your damned head. "Warrior Maven" my ass...

https://www.foxnews.com/tech/what-happened-when-i-fired-my-first-sniper-shot

 

[hermosabeach]

I never thought about writing a Gun article for the millions of people who have never touched or shot a gun.......


a good reminder- lets all invite a lot of newbs to join us at the range....
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Then, while being instructed by the expert, I struggled to line up what looked like a thin black cross targeting line, or “reticle” through the scope - with a small blue target circle hidden between bushes in a desert firing range about 200-yards away. The targeting scope itself shows what looks like a narrowly configured, intensely magnified picture of a circular area of the terrain ahead, with a “reticle” crossing straight through the eye view. The intent, as I understood, is to precisely align the center of the cross with the intended target and pull the trigger -- to achieve precision destruction. Snipers rotate a small circular device attached to the weapon's sight - and "click" one way or another - as it is called - to align the crosshairs with the target and adjust the reticle for wind, range or elevation changes.

 

[leftyk82]

"My one and only first sniper rifle shot of all time."

In the below bio, the author doesn't list a primary or high school education. Makes sense now.

Kris Osborn is a career journalist, former Army civilian and military expert who serves currently as Managing Editor of Warrior Maven - a military weapons and emerging technology site for news reports and analysis. Warrior Maven reaches millions with cutting edge weapons, technology and military strategy content. The site regularly features intvs with US military leaders, weapons developers, analysts and military experts. Osborn recently served as Editor-in-Chief of Defense Systems, a military IT/C4ISR/Cyber/Weapons Systems news site. He managed reporters, generated original content and lead the site, often interviewing high level IT/C4ISR/Weapons experts. He moderated several summit/panel discussions with US military weapons/IT experts. Prior to this, Osborn served as a Navy & Air Force expert associate editor with Military.com. In this role, Osborn interviewed senior Navy and Air Force leaders, program managers and weapons developers. While an Army civilian just prior to Military.com - Osborn worked as a Highly Qualified Expert (SES level) civilian with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army - Acquisition, Logistics & Technology. Here Osborn analyzed weapons programs, wrote for and briefed 3 and 4-star senior leaders and independently authored original weapons and acquisition content for Army academic journals and publications - such as the Army's Weapons System Handbook. He also worked on speeches for senior leaders and ghost-wrote material as a weapons and military acquisition expert. Osborn also served as the Land War reporter for Defense News, and spent more than a decade as a TV news correspondent, anchor and military specialist. He was an anchor and military specialist at CNN Headline News, CNN Correspondent (at Pentagon for a bit) and Fox News Correspondent. In more recent years, Osborn regularly appeared as an expert military guest on MSNBC, The Military Channel, The History Channel and Fox News. Osborn received a BA in English and Political Science from Kenyon College, an MA in Comparative Literature from Columbia University - and did graduate work in International Relations at the University of Chicago.

 

[Tucker301]

I had to check the date and make sure it wasn't written on April 1st.

I found that if my view shifted ever so slightly from one side to the other, I lost the target picture and saw only black. This, I understand, is a technical design set up to deliberately ensure the person looking through the scope can only see if he or she is exactly aligned with a straight-ahead view at the target.

 

[THEIS]

Hi,

HOLY Shit...just browse and read some of the other articles at Warrior Maven.......

https://defensemaven.io/warriormaven/

Sincerely,
Theis

 

[Rocketvapor]

As bad as it might be, every gun regulating politician should KNOW something about what they are tasked with.
Be it environmental, scientific, gun control, if you be ignorant about the topic you should not be allowed to introduce or vote on a bill.
The thing that goes up that's soooo deadly

Drain some stupid out of the swamp.

 

[MarinePMI]

"My one and only first sniper rifle shot of all time."

In the below bio, the author doesn't list a primary or high school education. Makes sense now.

Kris Osborn is a career journalist, former Army civilian and military expert who serves currently as Managing Editor of Warrior Maven - a military weapons and emerging technology site for news reports and analysis. Warrior Maven reaches millions with cutting edge weapons, technology and military strategy content. The site regularly features intvs with US military leaders, weapons developers, analysts and military experts. Osborn recently served as Editor-in-Chief of Defense Systems, a military IT/C4ISR/Cyber/Weapons Systems news site. He managed reporters, generated original content and lead the site, often interviewing high level IT/C4ISR/Weapons experts. He moderated several summit/panel discussions with US military weapons/IT experts. Prior to this, Osborn served as a Navy & Air Force expert associate editor with Military.com. In this role, Osborn interviewed senior Navy and Air Force leaders, program managers and weapons developers. While an Army civilian just prior to Military.com - Osborn worked as a Highly Qualified Expert (SES level) civilian with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army - Acquisition, Logistics & Technology. Here Osborn analyzed weapons programs, wrote for and briefed 3 and 4-star senior leaders and independently authored original weapons and acquisition content for Army academic journals and publications - such as the Army's Weapons System Handbook. He also worked on speeches for senior leaders and ghost-wrote material as a weapons and military acquisition expert. Osborn also served as the Land War reporter for Defense News, and spent more than a decade as a TV news correspondent, anchor and military specialist. He was an anchor and military specialist at CNN Headline News, CNN Correspondent (at Pentagon for a bit) and Fox News Correspondent. In more recent years, Osborn regularly appeared as an expert military guest on MSNBC, The Military Channel, The History Channel and Fox News. Osborn received a BA in English and Political Science from Kenyon College, an MA in Comparative Literature from Columbia University - and did graduate work in International Relations at the University of Chicago.

Now that is a buzzword compliant bio, if I ever saw one. (What a crock of shit)

 

[AIAW]

I'm not about to sit here and say we need more laws by any means, but there should be a license requirement to post articles anywhere on the Internet that are available for general public consumption.

 

[Rocketvapor]

"My one and only first sniper rifle shot of all time."
Should be a requirement for a gun grabber in power.
"After hitting what any actual sniper would consider an easy shot, I left the scene with a vastly increased appreciation for the expertise, focus and dedication necessary to perform high-level wartime sniper missions. "

Take a congressperson to a gun range. Let them FEEL the power of the 5.56

 

[fastfwd]

I'm not about to sit here and say we need more laws by any means, but there should be a license requirement to post articles anywhere on the Internet that are available for general public consumption.

But then there'd be nothing to talk about in this sub-forum.

The article wasn't so terrible. It's easy to make fun of the author's misunderstandings, but we really shouldn't: There's no shame in having had no prior experience, and he was certainly honest about it. Plus, it sounds as though he was genuinely trying to learn, and who can fault that?

I guess he does invite a little criticism by calling his site "Warrior Maven" when he's apparently never been in the military or formally studied military operations, but that doesn't seem like a huge deal to me. Most sports writers haven't played professional sports, film critics are rarely filmmakers, crime reporters aren't usually ex-cops, etc.

Anyway, we can probably all agree with the conclusion he reached: "I left the scene with a vastly increased appreciation for the expertise, focus and dedication necessary to perform high-level wartime sniper missions."

 

[EchoDeltaSierra]

Hi,

HOLY Shit...just browse and read some of the other articles at Warrior Maven.......

https://defensemaven.io/warriormaven/

Sincerely,
Theis

Just make sure to turn on the ad-blocker; what a bunch of click bait derp.

 

[AIAW]

That author, true. He was rather honest.

You cannot deny the asshattery that is written, read and taken as ultimately authoritative on the Internet. It happens all over the place.

I’m no expert myself so who am I to judge? I do however know what works and what doesn’t.

 

[leftyk82]

What editor would look at that article and think, 'Yes! That's what our largely conservative readers would appreciate and relate to!' ?

On the other hand, he or she probably cares about clicks over content.

 

[Ravenworks]

"My one and only first sniper rifle shot of all time."

In the below bio, the author doesn't list a primary or high school education. Makes sense now.

Kris Osborn is a career journalist, former Army civilian and military expert who serves currently as Managing Editor of Warrior Maven - a military weapons and emerging technology site for news reports and analysis. Warrior Maven reaches millions with cutting edge weapons, technology and military strategy content. The site regularly features intvs with US military leaders, weapons developers, analysts and military experts. Osborn recently served as Editor-in-Chief of Defense Systems, a military IT/C4ISR/Cyber/Weapons Systems news site. He managed reporters, generated original content and lead the site, often interviewing high level IT/C4ISR/Weapons experts. He moderated several summit/panel discussions with US military weapons/IT experts. Prior to this, Osborn served as a Navy & Air Force expert associate editor with Military.com. In this role, Osborn interviewed senior Navy and Air Force leaders, program managers and weapons developers. While an Army civilian just prior to Military.com - Osborn worked as a Highly Qualified Expert (SES level) civilian with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army - Acquisition, Logistics & Technology. Here Osborn analyzed weapons programs, wrote for and briefed 3 and 4-star senior leaders and independently authored original weapons and acquisition content for Army academic journals and publications - such as the Army's Weapons System Handbook. He also worked on speeches for senior leaders and ghost-wrote material as a weapons and military acquisition expert. Osborn also served as the Land War reporter for Defense News, and spent more than a decade as a TV news correspondent, anchor and military specialist. He was an anchor and military specialist at CNN Headline News, CNN Correspondent (at Pentagon for a bit) and Fox News Correspondent. In more recent years, Osborn regularly appeared as an expert military guest on MSNBC, The Military Channel, The History Channel and Fox News. Osborn received a BA in English and Political Science from Kenyon College, an MA in Comparative Literature from Columbia University - and did graduate work in International Relations at the University of Chicago.

Okay,just what does or did he do for realz?

 

[Yasherka]

That was a painful read. I would like to punch the author in the throat just on general principles

Warrior Maven my ass

 

[Rocketvapor]

He scans military news articles, edits them, and adds his name to them.
He interviews "experts" (none of you guys and why most of you are so pissed), and on Mondays posts about some past military hero (again, none of you guys).
He's a media guy, not a warrior, that picked the wrong handle.
He's probably never been out of the states, and parrots what others write about, consolidates the articles in a common location.

Some Barrett Expert let him shoot a 50. Everyone knows it's more interesting to introduce some young thing in Yoga pants to the 50.

The next pew, pew, pew AR newbie that comes in here asking questions ought to first tell us how many times he has shot a 50. Then dog him out like this editor guy.

Bet that makes some of you want to punch ME in the throat

 

[QuickNDirty]

He scans military news articles, edits them, and adds his name to them.
He interviews "experts" (none of you guys and why most of you are so pissed), and on Mondays posts about some past military hero (again, none of you guys).
He's a media guy, not a warrior, that picked the wrong handle.
He's probably never been out of the states, and parrots what others write about, consolidates the articles in a common location.

Some Barrett Expert let him shoot a 50. Everyone knows it's more interesting to introduce some young thing in Yoga pants to the 50.

The next pew, pew, pew AR newbie that comes in here asking questions ought to first tell us how many times he has shot a 50. Then dog him out like this editor guy.

Bet that makes some of you want to punch ME in the throat

 

[AIAW]

 

[Veer_G]

Paparockcal, Warrior Maven!

 

[Rocketvapor]

Lots better
True journalism.

 

[Blue Sky Country]

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Exact hit! My one and only first sniper rifle shot of all time. I was delighted and very impressed with my coach.
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At least he enjoyed the experience and did not cry and whimper like a little bitch or try to sneak in some anti-gun propaganda like this one: