For the third consecutive year, snipers from the 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team traveled to Finland to compete against their international peers at the HÄYHÄ 2024 Sniper Shooting Championship.
Three Red Dragon snipers — Staff Sgt. Joshua Johnson, Sgt. James O’Connell and Spc. Jonathan Farrar — competed Sept. 20-22 at a training site near Imatra, Finland.
“Being a sniper is the privilege of a lifetime,” O’Connell said. “It is something I’ve wanted to do since before I joined and something I’ve earned through hard work and a genuine love of country. Competing internationally is an honor I hope to earn again.”
The multiday event included numerous stages designed to test the snipers on their craft.
Red Dragon Snipers Showcase Skill at Finnish Championship
- by: Sgt. 1st Class Terra C. Gatti
- 2024-11-08
- Source:
www.army.mil
- 11/11/2024
Red Dragons conduct individual, squad-level training at Fort Pickett by Sgt. Marc Heaton is licensed under Flickr U.S. Army National Guard
