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Reason
I have two main reasons for nominating this image: 1) It dispels the myth that army snipers move to the ragged edge of a window or door to snipe, as you can plainly see in this photograph, the sniper's back is up against the wall; and 2) this shows a sniper with an observe in tow, which is usually not the case when photographed off the battlefield. Observers are frequently assigned to sniper when out in the field, but not when the sniper is shooting at dummy targets (like on a firing range). Togather, these two reasons create a unique image that I feel deserves to be featured.
Proposed caption
A U.S. Army sniper team from Jalalabad Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) scans the horizon after reports of suspicious activity along the hilltops near Dur Baba, Afghanistan, Oct. 19, 2006, after a medical civic action project was conducted by the Jalalabad Provincial Reconstruction Team and the Cooperative Medical Assistance team.
Articles this image appears in
Sniper, M24 Sniper Weapon System
Creator
U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Bertha Flores
Blown highlights are, by definition, unrecoverable. You can try to cover them up, but that's about it. There's nothing we can do about the window. MER-C 02:03, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 02:30, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]