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Originally Posted by Roguish Lawyer
Congrats to all, including Longrange, Gene Econ or whoever else trained these guys.
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I am very proud of Tung Nguyen. No, I didn't start him out. He started himself out. He got to the 1st SFG around 93 and at that time I was running a Service Rifle Team using some worn out rack grade M-14s. The Group Commander authorized us TDY for competitions in the area and gave us M-118 Special Ball from the Group Class V account for our competition and training.
Tung had a little red Nissan or Toyota pick up with a fiberglass cap on the back. His reloading gear was set up inside of this thing and he reloaded from his pick up truck. He was into guns and shooting before he hit Fort Lewis.
Well, he got involved with our little Service Rifle Team and he shot with us for about a year. We took four or five guys to Wenatchee Washington for a two day shoot. Tung was with us of course. Wenatchee is on the 'East Side' of the Cascades and this range was on a plateau on the east side of the Wentachee river. 200 and 300 were on one range with one set of pits. 600 used another firing line with another set of pits. The 600 yard range shot over a 1/4 mile race track. Look at Wenatchee Washington on Google Earth and you can find this range by looking for a round race track east of the river.
High desert in the spring means wind. When firing at 600, I told the guys to put on eight minutes left wind for their sighter shots and this is one of the most memorable of events as every one of them did so and every one of them scored on their first sighter. Winds were tough. No to full value at 15 - 25. I recall laying in the prone and getting hit by rolling sage brush that went right over me and continued down range. Sage brush does weigh something afterall. Scores sucked but I figure that scoring at all was a success that day.
Tung got into Three Gun and then IPSC real heavy. Am surprised to see he won a Sniper Long Range match as he was heavy into the other disciplines at Lewis.
Tung is functioning on what I call 'The Next Level'. He was totally self motivted to succeed in the shooting disciplines and he dedicated every single second of his being on just this purpose. Few guys have this sort of focus so he functions on a different mental playing field than most.
Gene