Major John L. Plaster, USA He has authored six books on special operations and shooting, as well as numerous magazine articles.
Plaster is one of the world's most knowledgeable sniping experts, with a lifetime of shooting, combat, special operations, hunting and sniper instruction experience. He has appeared in a dozen television documentaries, and been a media resource in the areas of sniping and special operations.
FB Friends—Hope to see you at the NRA Convention, May 3-6. I will be there giving a seminar on Sniping on World War II. My seminar will cover Allied and Axis armament, training and tactics of snipers in the Pacific and European Theaters of Operations. When it comes to the war in Europe, I will cover both the Eastern Front as well as snipers in France and Italy. Stop by and say hello and show your support for the NRA.
FB Friends— I am pleased to announce the release of my newest book —Sniping in the Trenches: World War I and The Birth of Modern Sniping. This book is filled with fascinating stories of real snipers and rare photographs unseen for 100 years. You will be amazed to see how far sniping had advanced by 1918.
Special Bonus—order your autographed copy via my website www.UltimateSniper.com and we will include a FREE CD with ten of WWI’s greatest sniping books with your order. Thank you —Maj. John Plaster
Happy New Year to you all. As I look back at 2016, it was a wild ride politically and for us gun owners. I like the saying “Freedom isn’t Free”. Standing with the NRA, I encourage all of you to join. (NRA.org) Make 2017 the year you finally take a few classes or lessons at your local gun club or shooting range. Become familiar with pistols and rifles. I have had the pleasure of instructing many first time shooters with the first lesson being gun safety. America is strong today because we stand behind the 2nd Amendment and Freedom for all. Many of you know that I have a love of history and military history. At this moment, I am finishing writing my 8th book. On my website, (Ultimatesniper.com) you will see several shooting and historic articles, I have authored along with my books and DVDs. It is my hope to continue to write for a very long time to tell the story of many of the unsung heroes who have fought to secure our Freedom.
Message from John Plaster: My good friend and fellow Special Forces / SOG vet, Gary "Mike" Rose was just approved for the Medal of Honor -- nearly 50 years after the action. Here's the NY Times article from last Sunday, front page no less, telling Mike's story. It's still great news, even 50 years late!
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/31/us/secret-war-laos-gary-rose.html?_r=0
Sgt. Gary Rose, a medic with an elite group of commandos in 1970, is to receive the first Medal of Honor acknowledging the heroics of a soldier on the ground in the Secret War in Laos.
Plan to attend The 144th NRA Annual Meeting—April 10-12!!
Major John Plaster will deliver a seminar on WWI, the birth place of modern sniping including the NRA’s significant role in sniper training and equipment development. Please stop by The Savage Arms Booth and visit with Major Plaster. Looking forward to seeing you all in Nashville, TN!!
Additional Info…Sniping in the Trenches: World War One and the Birth of Modern Sniping--
Retired U.S. Army Special Forces Major John Plaster continues his sniping history seminars, this year covering the First World War which saw the true birth of modern sniping. Incorporating numerous photographs, he will cover U.S., German, British, Canadian, Russian and French sniping rifles and optics; sniper training in these respective countries; evolving tactics and techniques; notable sniping figures of that era; the NRA’s significant role in sniper training and equipment development; and detailed accounts from major battles and engagements.
ISIS is now training their own snipers, as I warned years ago. These and other terrorist sniper photos I've previously collected demonstrate a new level of sophistication-- although most of these snipers have SVDs with 4x scopes. However, I've seen others with Steyr SSGs. Man for Man, Gun for Gun, we still out class them, and they cannot possibly ever measure up to the likes of Chris Kyle.
ISIS has ramped up the propaganda battle in its bloody war with the West. It follows the release of the film American Sniper, which has been criticised for glorifying US military campaign in Iraq.
Recently saw, “American Sniper.” I give it a big “thumbs-up”. More than anything, Clint Eastwood got the “feel” right, whether it’s devotion among comrades, the dazed effect of going directly from combat to Stateside, and the regrets a veteran feels for the men he might have saved had only things been different.
Unlike most motion pictures of the Iraq War, “American Sniper” unequivocally portrays U.S. forces as the Goodguys. Left-wing critics focused on Chris Kyle for calling al Qaeda terrorists, “savages.” Well, what do you call people who videotape and celebrate beheadings, crucifixions, mass slaughters, tossing teenagers from rooftops and burning a caged man alive? Savages seems too polite a term for such human monsters.
Fellow Veterans and Patriots --
I must thank Jack Tobin, the Special Forces Association president, for reminding us of President Reagan’s warning, which he voiced in his final radio address – his concern about the future of American patriotism.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."
It is up to all of us to uphold the values of liberty and freedom which have made our country the greatest in history.
God bless America. May she always find men and women ready
to defend her.
MAJ John L. Plaster,
U.S. Army (ret)
Special Forces
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