Sniper One by Sgt. Dan Mills

 

war in iraq

Thumbs up for Sgt. Dan Mills of The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, he has written a cracking book about his experiences as a sniper in Iraq in 2004.

Sniper One is Mills's first book and a must read if you are interested in what it was really like to be in Iraq following the invasion to oust Saddam Hussein. If you where there I am sure that this you will find this book equally gripping.

At the time of writing Mills, at age 36, had been a soldier for eighteen years and a sniper for ten. Despite six tours of duty in Northern Ireland, one in Bosnia and one in Kosovo he had never had to fire his rifle in anger. All of that was to change for him and the fifteen man sniper platoon he headed soon after arriving in Iraq in April 2004.

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