Mbarca’s Reviews > The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers > Status Update

"During the operation, I wasn’t conscious of the fact that nearly everything we did was going to be captured, digitally or otherwise, and subject to review.” This quote really shoes how different war is today compared to years ago.

F- one part of the book is two snipers arguing with each other about who is better at giving windage.

F- Favorite A funny moment in this book is when Nick breaks a window with his blowgun and lies to his dad on how the window broke. Later on Nicks dad tells him he took money out of his bank account to fix the window that Nick shot with the blow gun. Nick was amazed on how his father found out.

"Besides, I liked riding along with the dog and the dog handler. If we were the eyes of the platoon, those guys were the nose and whatever other sense it is that those posses" I think that having dogs overseas with soldiers is good because many people love dogs and they are a sense of relief.

"I sat there with my rucksack, assault pack, and my 203 grenade launcher. When the time came to go, I stood up, hooked onto the overhead cables, and waited in line. After I jumped, I did my four count. Nothing. Five count. Nothing still. I looked up and could see my parachute was in a cigarette roll-just a long, slim strand of fabric. That's what we call a partial malfunction."

"She went on to explain that I was red-green color-blind. That meant I couldn't be a SEAL. As I thought about it I realized it meant I couldn't have a career in any branch of the military. I sat there stunned. The only odd thing I could recall was my sister once asking me why I wanted to wear purple socks to school. I didn't have any purples socks. They were black. Why was she messing with me?"

"She went on to explain that I was red-green color-blind. That meant I couldn't be a SEAL. As I thought about it I realized it meant I couldn't have a career in any branch of the military. I sat there stunned. The only odd thing I could recall was my sister once asking me why I wanted to wear purple socks to school. I didn't have any purples socks. They were black. Why was she messing with me?"

F- "I had a bad case of childhood Navy SEALs-itis. I saw Charlie Sheen in that movie day it was over for me. That was what I wanted to do with my life."

V- mike was a lady's man who had long hair and a green Mustang, a very sophisticated person.