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human
ELI5: In American Sniper he racked up 160+ kills, while in Jarhead he hardly got to take a shot. What were the differences in context behind the events of the films that led to such different sniper experiences?

Did we really use snipers so differently from one war to the next and if so, why?

Edit: Noted on the differences between the two conflicts, including length and the occupation elements. I'd call this explained.
gpt
Well, for starters Jarhead was set during the Gulf War, which was a fairly short and almost entirely mechanized campaign. We took a long time to build up our forces, then steamrolled through kuwait and kicked the iraqis out with relatively little trouble, with airpower and tanks shouldering a lot of the workload.

The Iraq war was like that for the first bit, but has since settled into more of an occupation, with infantry doing most of the work in house to house fighting. This type provides a lot more work for a sniper, especially a really good one.