The ex-cheerleader (age 19) in the picture below was watching a road that led to a NATO military base when she observed a man digging by the road. She engaged the target, and she shot him. Turned out he was a bomb maker for the Taliban and he was burying an IED that was to be detonated when a US patrol walked by 30 minutes later. It would have certainly killed and wounded several soldiers.

The interesting fact of this story is the shot was measured at 725 yards. She shot him as he was bent over burying the bomb. The shot struck him in the butt blowing him into the bomb which detonated. He was blown to pieces.

The Air Force made a motivational poster of her. Her name is Kimmy. To you, Kimmy, we say, HOO-AH! Thanks for your service.

Yeah, Go Kimmy!

Great story. Kimmy's the man!

Nice Pop.

A Terrorist blown up by his own bomb after being shot by a woman (which for a Islamic fundamentalist has got to be extremely embarrassing)...its karma I tell you.

BTW, for those who didn't think girls could serve in combat a few years back...how shall I serve your crow?

Originally Posted by mmarsh

BTW, for those who didn't think girls could serve in combat a few years back...how shall I serve your crow?

Mince it.

I don't deny that she did the job, and it wasn't a bad shot,... but if the bomb blew the bloke to pieces, how do they know she hit him in the butt? A low order detonation perhaps.

Just bein' picky,... I know.

When you hit you target they make cool movements from impact of round that probably indicated hit prior to dumb dumb falling forward. Plus, they might have found his body or enough of it to see round impact/entrance and/or exit.

Or the story is bogus. Since when do snipers wear earrings and lipstick? I smell something fishy.

I could see those ear rings as serviceable as they are very modest. The lippies are not a bright color so I don't see anything wrong with her appearance. Some could argue of course, the glitter/glare effect from the sun off the studs.