A nonprofit organization representing the Marine Corps’ elite scout snipers is blasting a decision by the service branch to get rid of the position, decrying the move as "misguided" and "ill-advised." ...

WASHINGTON — The Marine Corps’ controversial decision to scrap scout sniper platoons “came from the ground up,” the second-in-command Marine said June 29. The service in February announced an end to ...

The last eight Marines graduated from the course that trains scout snipers — an elite role the Marine Corps has scrapped as part of broader changes to the force. Eight Marines graduated from the last ...

U.S. Marines with Scout Sniper Course, School of Infantry-East conduct a known distance qualification at Marine Corps Base ...

East, participate in a known distance pre-qualification assessment at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Oct. 12, 2023. This course marks the last iteration of the Scout Sniper Course at ...

A Marine enrolled in the Scout Sniper Basic Course observes his terrain as he plans a course across 600 yards in a stalk exercise, Oct. 15, 2011, at Camp Barrett. An expert sniper can sneak up on an ...

Key Point: Scout snipers may have to grin and bear yet another imperfect weapons system for their next plunge into America’s forever wars. The Marine Corps is throwing down cash to test-drive the same ...

A U.S. Marine Corps scout sniper candidate with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, adjusts his sights during a live-fire exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground ...

Marines in Scout Sniper Course 2 - 20 took part in a live-fire exercise at Camp Pendleton on July 23. Using M40A6 sniper rifles, the Marines fired on targets at unknown distances to test their skills ...

Malibu, CA - May 1, 2007 - Abandon Mobile, a worldwide leader in mobile entertainment, today announced the release of U.S. Marine Corps. Scout/Sniper, a strategic military sniper game, on J2ME ...

The Army’s proposed fiscal 2019 budget includes $46.2 million to field 5,180 M110A1 Compact Semi-Automatic Sniper System (CSASS) rifles for infantry, scout, and engineer squads, with the goal of ...