Eddie was a deadly Delta sniper, and he carried a deadly long gun – a .338 Lapua Magnum that he only allowed quality Swiss-P cartridges to grace the chamber of.
It was a “tricked-out gat,” as the brothers described it. It had all the bells and whistles on it. Why, “It could do anything but make coffee,” they claimed, and even some had their suspicions about that.
“You could just drop Eddie’s gat behind enemy lines from an aircraft on Monday; Tuesday morning it would be knocking at your door bumming cigarettes with a new tally of KIAs etched in the stock.” Now, it really wouldn’t happen like that… maybe.
He was smart too, that Eddie… seldom if ever did he make even the slightest mistake in planning his missions. He thought of everything, planned out every detail, and covered all contingencies. He was a powerhouse of planning and his reputation for that held true in all cases.
Sure, Eddie was a Delta sniper in all things, but there was something that Eddie was not, and that was being perfect. Yes, sir, Eddie was cursed by his mortal plight of being less than perfect. By contrast, his state of near perfection only made his peccadilloes all the more glaring when they happened.
That is just the price you pay, we guessed. Any of us would gladly accept the now-and-again boo-boos if we could just embrace the rest of the Eddie aura!
Your Honor, I submit the following testimony in support of the concept that Master Sergeant Edward R. P. did in fact, on the night of 13 April, Year of our Lord 2007, commit the following very human transgression with regard to his mission planning in support of Operation Neptune Arc.
It was a dark and stormy night…
Eddie crept up to his Last Covered and Concealed (LCC) position prior to infiltration. His LLC site was his Ford Long Bed dually pickup truck with the covered shell on the bed; he had parked it next to a chain-link fence. He ran through a checklist in his mind to ensure that he had all aspects of his infiltration mission covered. He did.
He exited his truck and crept slowly into his hide site to observe his target through his scope for the next few hours.
His hide site was a sweet one; it had everything from priceless cover and concealment to phenomenal look angles both to his target and his truck, which was parked some thousand meters away. Since he had a great view of his sole interests for the next few hours – his target and his way out, he settled in for a long wait.
In one scan of his truck at the LCC he noticed a sign on the fence just where he was parked. He squinted with his gaze and could just barely make out the words posted there. “No Barking,” it read.
“It must be some kind of warning to the dogs in the area,” he thought. “People need to curb their pets and keep them quiet as well!” It all made perfect sense to him, after all.
By and by, Eddie became aware of a commotion coming from where he had stashed his truck.
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He swung his scope and, to his horror, saw Ford dually being hooked up to a tow truck and hauled off into the night!
Eddie started sprinting through the open fields that lay between his hide site and parking spot, hollering all the while for the tow truck to stop! But to no avail. So, Eddie returned to his hide site to make his shot on his mission objective at H-Hour.
With a successful kill under his belt, the good Ed set out to find his way back to the Delta compound for a mission debrief and a send-down. But he would be arriving with company.
That night, the county police came to the visitor’s center at the Delta Force compound with one Edward R. P. in tow (no pun intended). They were met by the nightly Delta staff and his runner to conduct a handoff of Eddie, who had been kindly picked up by a Sheriff’s office highway patrol car.
And yet it happened.
By Almighty God and with Honor,
geo sends
Feature Image: AI-generated image depicting a Delta Forces sniper trying to hitch a ride back to the Unit’s compound. (Image courtesy of author)
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