MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, CA - "Re hira," ho bolela Staff Sgt. Timothea C. La Sage, ea lilemo li 28, ea tsoang Milwaukee, Scout Sniper Platoon, Khamphani ea Liqhomane, Ntlheng ea Bobeli ea Batlone, ea 5 Marine, ha a bua ka boiteko ba hae ba ho ikoetlisa bakeng sa sekepe sa bona sa ho sesa. Marine a sebelisang boemo ba sniper ha aa lokela ho ba le kelellong feela empa a tlameha ho phela hantle. Hape ba tlameha ho ba setsebi sa setsebi sa Maiketsetso a Military Occupational.
E le hore e be sniper, baipelang ba tlameha ho feta ho hlahloba matsatsi a mabeli.
"Sena se kenyeletsa tlhahlobo ea boikoetliso ba 'mele, litlhapi tsa ho sesa, ho tsamaisoa ha mobu, tsamaiso ea mahae le boikutlo ba ho shebella bosiu. Ka kakaretso matsatsi a mabeli, ba fumana boroko ba lihora tse' nè," ho boletse Sgt. Adam R. Desy, Scout Sniper Platoon, Khamphani ea Lihlomo, 2 Batloneli, Ntoa ea 5 ea Marine.
"Re batla batho ba ka sebetsang ba le bang. Ba tlameha ho ba le boikarabello mme ba ke ke ba ba le mathata a kang a ho khanna tlas'a tšusumetso kapa likhaello tse ling tse tšoanang kahlolo," La Sage o boletse.
Lebaka la litlhoko tse joalo tse thata ke boikarabelo boo mosebetsi o bo jereng. Nakong ea ts'ebetso, linokoane tsa Marine li tlaleha boitsebiso ba sera sa nako ea sebele ho balaoli ba baholo.
Sehlopha se ka theha maeto a bona boitsebiso bo fanoeng ka sniper bo kenyelletsang marabele le liketso tse nyonyehang khahlanong le mabotho a lira.
Ka mor'a ho etsoa lithuto, batho ba kenang litlhoko tsa bolulo ba ea thutong ea libeke tse 'nè tsa koetliso ea libaka tsa motheo tsa litsebi.
"Bekeng ea pele, re ruta litsebo tsa mantlha tse kang ho otlolla, bokhoni ba ho shebella, litlelase tsa seea-le-moeeng le lipapali tsa mehopolo. Kamehla ho na le koetliso ea 'mele, re lokela ho ba tlisa maemo a phahameng ho feta ao ba a sebelisitseng," La Sage a re.
"Nakong ea beke ea bobeli, re ruta litlaleho tse eketsehileng tsa ho shebella, ho tlaleha, ho koetlisa bosiu, ho latela le ho haha 'sephiri,' e leng sepheo sa tšimo se koahetsoeng le se patehileng se bohale se ka thunang.
E tšoana le boemo ba ntoa. Re e bitsa 'mole hole', "La Sage a re.
"Beke ea boraro ke beke ea boithuto 'me ba ithuta ho sebetsa ba le bang. Re etsa mosebetsi oa tšimo oa matsatsi a mararo moo re o kenyang lik'hilomithara tse ka bang tšeletseng ho tloha ho bona. Ba fallela le ho boloka setsi sa taelo seo re se emisitseng. Litho tse kholo tsa papali ea lipapali sebakeng seo e le sera ebile e le taelo e phahameng, baithuti ba tlaleha 'mehato ea sera' ho 'taelo', "La Sage e boletse.
"Qetellong ka beke ea bone re ba ruta mokhoa oa ho thunya Range 117, moo re sebelisang libaka tse tsebahalang tsa li-yard tse 1 000. Ka mor'a moo, re koetlisa ka libaka tse sa tsejoeng," La Sage a re.
"Ka mor'a hore mokotla oa koetliso o etsoe, Marines a tsejoa e le Matichere a Rutehileng Batšoaruoa 'me a na le nako ea likhoeli tse tšeletseng ea ho hlahlojoa ka lipalo," o ile a re.
"Nakong ena ba ka fumana monyetla oa ho ba teng Sekolong sa Scout Sniper School 'me qetellong ba fuoe Khethetso ea Mesebetsi ea Masole ea 8541 le sehlooho sa Bahlahlobi ba Masole," La Sage a re.
"Re ithorisa haholo mosebetsing oa rona. Boholo ba thepa ea rona ke aftermarket 'me re e reka ka boeona" ho boletse Cpl. J. Eric Roblez, ea lilemo li 21, oa Anaheim, Calif., Scout Sniper Platoon.
Re etsa li-ghillie tsa rona mme re lokela ho li lokisa kapa ho li nkela sebaka ka mor'a sehlaka se seng le se seng.
Ke nako e telele haholo mme o tlameha ho neheloa, empa hoa hlokahala, "o ile a phaella ka ho re.