Word: trigger
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...Rifle Marksmanship - is perhaps the centerpiece of our training, as it is the one skill that makes a soldier truly useful. Some of us were already good at it; the rest had to learn that it was more art than science. Get comfortable. Aim straight. Stop breathing. Squeeze the trigger, gently. Targets pop up? You knock 'em down. Simple as that, and damn satisfying...
...undeniably a part of the world, this killing of man by man; am I so lofty that the job should never fall to me? It probably won't; wars are too small these days to require the trigger fingers of a journalist in the Reserves. The Army's real warriors are in the infantry, the Rangers, Special Forces. Hard core. But if the enemy ever gets close enough for the likes of me, don't forget - I'm a pretty good shot, and I've got the little medal to prove...