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3/75 Ranger snipers training ahead of deployment at Fort Campbell in 2005.
Courtesy of Jack Murphy.

Isaiah Burkhart on the range with a .300 Win Mag.
Courtesy of Isaiah Burkhart.

3/75 Ranger snipers on a 160th SOAR MH-6 Little Bird at Fort Campbell.
Courtesy of Isaiah Burkhart.

Jack Murphy sporting a pakol hat in the mountains of Afghanistan in 2004.
Courtesy of Jack Murphy.

Jack poses with some locals.
Courtesy of Jack Murphy.