Yes, agreed. My point was that psychopathy doesn't always imply an immediately observable behavioral stereotype nor does it automatically entail significantly observable anti-social behavior. Exhibiting gleeful pride in the number of human kills one has throughout their career makes one a psychopath.
It's definitely a touchy subject, given that our soldiers are executing orders and serving our country and expected to do their best. When you send a sniper on a mission you definitely want the best of the best out there and the number of successful kills is among that criteria.
In the military after any fire mission or close in combat or aerial bombardment, etc a Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) is always made.
I always found it ludicrous when the briefing stated things like "20 tanks were killed, 10 armored vehicles knocked out, 3 troop bunkers destroyed,etc"
Never any direct mention of enemy numbers killed--even in direct combat infantry on infantry. when the enemy is taken out, report formats require that attn is focused on the equipment that the enemy had/was wearing rather then on the amount of enemy dead
point is, at least Kyle and others stated their record as they saw it--dead humans and not "knocked out equipment"
counting a sniper's achievements is always counted in number of kills--doesn't matter if they are military, police or fbi snipers. how else would one count?
Im saying that if any civvie asks a Marine if he knows what "soldier" means, he wont say it means somebody from the Army. If civilian people say "Hey soldier!" when calling a Marine, he will respond. I never once heard any Marine get upset at being called a soldier. Yes we prefer being called Marines, but calling a Marine a soldier is literally correct. The slang terms are different because they are used between military personnel.