Meet the Army’s first female active duty sniper
By Sarah Sicard
Dec 4, 02:47 PM
Though her childhood nickname was “Sniper,” there was no guarantee that’s what Army Sgt. Maciel Hay would become.
“I grew up shooting, mostly rifles and handguns, on my family’s ranches in Rocklin, California and Medford, Oregon,” Hay said in an Army release. “But the nickname came from the fact that I could find things really fast, similar to how a sniper does target detection.”
But now, she’s the Army’s first female active duty sniper.
“A close friend of mine told me I’d never make it in the Army, and there’s no way I could become a sniper,” Hay said. “Needless to say, that person is no longer part of my life. But now that I look back at it, I really do appreciate the motivation.”
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