The Trijicon ACOG on an M16 rifle is to GWOT Marines what the M1 Garand is to WWII Marines: iconic. In fact, Trijicon has a quote by General James Mattis on the company website that reads, “The ACOG® mounted on the M16 service rifle has proven to be the biggest improvement in lethality for the Marine infantryman since the introduction of the M1 Garand in World War Two.”
Having trained to engage targets out to 500 yards with iron sights, Marines equipped with 4x scopes and Bullet Drop Compensator reticles became even more deadly. However, at the outbreak of the Iraq War, Marines were woefully under equipped. Some even had to purchase spare magazines privately because the arms rooms didn’t have enough to go around. Luckily for Sgt. Todd B. Bowers, his father gifted him an ACOG two days before he left for Iraq.
‘If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?’
