Army Staff Sgt. William Frye
Pfc. William Snyder, 1-173rd Infantry, practices sniper camouflage technics at Eglin Airforce Base, Florida, April 7, 2018.
- The Alabama National Guard recently posted a picture of a snake slithering over a sniper's rifle as he remains perfectly still.
- The Alabama National Guard is even using the photo, which has gone viral, as a recruiting tool.
The Alabama National Guard recently posted a photo of a sniper remaining still as a non-poisonous southern black racer snake slithers across his rifle.
The picture of Pfc. William Snyder practicing "woodlawn stalking" was taken in early April during a 1-173 infantry training exercise at Eglin Air Force Base.
"Our snipers are trained to remain perfectly still for hours on end when in position and remain invisible to enemies and even wildlife," the Alabama National Guard wrote in the caption of the photo on Facebook. Here's just how close the snake got:
US Army A southern black racer snake slithers across the barrel of junior U.S. Army National Guard sniper Pfc. William Snyder's rifle as he practices woodland stalking in a camouflaged ghillie suit during a 1-173 Infantry training exercise, April 7, 2018, at Eglin Air Force Base.
"It's by far our best-performing post," Maj. Andrew Richardson, a public affairs officer for the Alabama National Guard, told the Northwest Florida Daily
The Alabama Guard is even using the picture as a recruiting tool, the Northwest Florida Daily News reported.
You can check more of the photos from that day here.