World Record Sniper Dallas Alexander: The 2.2 Mile Kill Shot & Why He Quit to Sing | AJ Buckley Show
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Dallas Alexander discusses his journey from a world record sniper to a country music songwriter.
What happens when a world record sniper who made the longest confirmed kill shot in history at 2.2 miles walks away from the military to become a country music songwriter? This week on The AJ Buckley Show, AJ sits down with Dallas Alexander, a former Canadian Special Operations sniper from JTF2 who traded his rifle for a guitar and never looked back. Dallas opens up about growing up in a tiny Métis community of 300 people in rural Alberta, playing hockey until junior level, working in the oil fields, and the moment a coworker told him about Canada's tier one special operations unit that changed his life forever. He shares what it was like walking into a recruiting office at 23 years old with zero military knowledge, saying he wanted to join JTF2, getting laughed at by the recruiter, and then grinding through two years in the infantry before earning his shot at selection. AJ and Dallas dive deep into what selection was like, why the mental game matters more than physical fitness, watching guys who were stronger and faster get sent home in two days, and the warrior spirit that refuses to quit no matter what. Dallas reflects on his first deployment to Afghanistan in 2010, running…
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