U.S. Army Sgt. Maciel Hay, a cavalry scout with 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, poses for a photo after graduating sniper school at Fort Moore, Ga., Nov. 3, 2023.

U.S. Army Sgt. Maciel Hay, a cavalry scout with 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, poses for a photo after graduating sniper school at Fort Moore, Ga., Nov. 3, 2023.

Sgt. Maciel Hay, a cavalry scout with 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, celebrated finishing sniper school at Fort Moore in Georgia last month, according to the Army.

A Marine with Scout Sniper with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, adjusts the scope of an M40 bolt-action sniper rifle during a weapon zeroing at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, on Sept. 3, 2015.

U.S. Army Sgt. Maciel Hay, a cavalry scout with the 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment (1-91 CAV), 173rd Airborne Brigade grew up in Rocklin, California shooting mostly rifles and handguns.