Master Sgt. Scott Satterlee is really good
at shooting things. He’s a member of the U.S. Army’s elite 1st Special
Forces Group based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state. He’s
also a nationally ranked competitive precision rifle shooter—and one of
the military’s best marksmen.
You
wouldn’t guess any of this if you met him. Satterlee is soft-spoken and
humble—to the point of almost being self-deprecating. Though confident
in his abilities, he doesn’t brag.
Recent hit films such as Zero Dark Thirty, Lone Survivor and American Sniper
have put America’s special operations community in the spotlight like
never before. It’s an odd turn of events for a community often called
“the silent professionals.”
Satterlee says he ordinarily wouldn’t talk to a reporter. But another soldier encouraged him to share his story.
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