1. John L Plaster was born on 1949 and is a former United States Army Special Forces officer regarded as one of the leading sniper experts in the world.
11 Facts About John Plaster
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John Plaster is the author of The Ultimate Sniper: An Advanced Training Manual for Military and Police Snipers, The History of Sniping and Sharpshooting, and Secret Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines with the Elite Warriors of SOG, a memoir of his 3 years of service with SOG.
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John Plaster graduated from high school in 1967 and holds a BA in Journalism from the University of Minnesota.
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John Plaster was trained as a communications sergeant in the US Army Special Forces.
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John Plaster was initially assigned to 5th Special Forces Group and served three combat tours in the Vietnam War as a member of MACVSOG beginning in October 1968, leading intelligence-gathering and recon teams in North Vietnamese Army-controlled areas of Laos and Cambodia and along the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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John Plaster was wounded once, and decorated four times, eventually receiving a field commission in recognition of his combat experience.
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John Plaster retired from the military at the rank of Major.
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John Plaster parlayed his military experience into becoming a sniping instructor to members of many US governmental agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Customs Service, the United States Marshals, Navy SEALs, and United States Marine Corps.
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Since 1993, John Plaster has been a precision rifle instructor at the Gunsite Training Center in Paulden, Arizona.
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John Plaster was recently Chief of Competition for Autauga Arms' US and European sniping championships.
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John Plaster's experiences serve as part of the basis for the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops; he assisted the game's developers in developing the game by providing his wartime experiences to them.