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11th ACR conducts Basic Sniper Observer Course

FORT IRWIN, Calif. -- "Ready… ready… fire" is shouted out over a desert firing range as Sgt. Gil Landtiser, a Trooper with Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored ...
Marine Corps Times

A new sniper MOS? Marines are testing a ‘proof of concept’ for scout snipers

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 ...
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COVID-19 conditions create sniper school opportunities for new infantry troops

FORT BENNING, Ga. – One clear morning a few months ago, among the tall pines and broad sprawl of Fort Benning, 1st Sgt. Kevin L. Sipes phoned someone he knows over at the big unit here that trains ...
Washington Times

First woman graduates from Army’s sniper school

In the military, they call snipers masters of “one shot, one kill.” Now a female soldier in the Montana Army National Guard has become the first woman to join the elite cadre following her graduation ...
Army Times

Soldiers beat out Marines for top spots at Marine sniper course

Army Sgt. Clinton Scanlon is congratulated by a fellow classmate after he graduated the scout sniper course at Camp Geiger on Marine Corps Air Station New River, April 13. The graduating class of 1-18 ...