A sharpshooter with Jaysh al-Islam attempts to take down a Syrian Arab Army Soldier manning a checkpoint in Adra, Syria. He misses the lone Soldier by inches, hitting a concrete block right next to the Soldier's head.

This is one of those chaotic close calls you see in combat from time-to-time. No amount of training or situational awareness would have changed the outcome for the Syrian Soldier on the receiving end of this sharpshooter's rifle. At this moment in time, his life was entirely up to the skill of the shooter trying to take his life. Fortunately for him, the shooter missed. It's likely that the Syrian troop probably lost some or all of his eyesight from the flying debris, but at least he was still alive immediately after the shot was taken.

On the flip-side, had the Jaysh al-Islam shooter had any formal education in Hollywood or Video Games, he would have known to shoot the obvious explosive red barrel. That for sure would have done the trick.