Milo s afong biography of george

PERSONAL:

Education: Graduate of First Marine Division's scout/sniper school.

ADDRESSES:

[email&#;protected].

CAREER:

Joined U.S.

Marine Corps, ; served with Second Battalion, Fourth Marines scout/sniper platoon, until ; scout/sniper team leader with the First Battalion, Twenty-third Marines,

AWARDS, HONORS:

Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, and Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with the Combat Distinguishing Device.

WRITINGS:

HOGs in the Shadows: Combat Stories from Marine Snipers in Iraq, Berkley Caliber (New York, NY),

SIDELIGHTS:

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Afong saw action in the Operation Iraqi Freedom as leader of a scout/sniper team with the U.S. Marines, an assignment for which he received numerous medals. The mission of snipers, as noted on Afong's Web site, "is to take out the enemy—one combatant at a time," shooting to kill, not to disable.

Afong graduated at the top of his class from the First Marine Division's scout/sniper school, then went on t