Nickname(s) Plastic Man Role Author Other work Paulden Name John Plaster | ||
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Allegiance United States of America Awards Bronze Star MedalPurple HeartMeritorious Service MedalAir MedalArmy Commendation MedalPresidential Unit CitationGood Conduct MedalNational Defense Service MedalVietnam Service MedalRepublic of Vietnam Campaign MedalCombat Infantryman Badge Books The Ultimate Sniper, SOG: The Secret Wars of A, SOG: A Photo History Of, Secret Commandos: Behind E, Sharpshooting in the Civil War | ||
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Major John L. Plaster (born 1949) is a retired U.S. Army Special Forces soldier regarded as one of the leading sniper experts in the world. A decorated Vietnam War veteran who served in the covert Studies and Observations Group (SOG), Plaster co-founded a renowned sniper school that trains military and law enforcement personnel in highly specialized sniper tactics. He 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.
Contents
- John plaster mac v sog part 1
- John plaster mac v sog part 2
- Biography
- Awards and decorations
- Books
- Journals
- References
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Biography
Plaster graduated from high school in 1967. He was trained as a communications sergeant in the Army Special Forces. He served three combat tours in 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. He was wounded once, and decorated four times, eventually receiving a field commission in recognition of his combat experience. Plaster's final tour with MACVSOG ended in November 1971. He retired from the military at the rank of Major.
Plaster parlayed his military experience into becoming a sniping instructor to members of many U.S. 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. Foreign units that have attended the school include the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Spanish Foreign Legion.
Since 1993, Plaster has been a precision rifle instructor at the Gunsite Training Center in Paulden, Arizona. He was recently Chief of Competition for Autauga Arms's U.S. and European sniping championships.
Plaster holds a BA in Journalism from the University of Minnesota.
Plaster's experiences serve as the basis for the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops.