Scout Sniper

Loadout Room photo of the day | 26th MEU Maritime Raid Force Qatar Sniper Live Fire

QATAR A 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Maritime Raid Force Marines fires a M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System while conducting a marksmanship training exercise at a range in Qatar, April 22, 2013. Eagle Resolve is an annual multilateral exercise designed to enhance regional cooperative defense efforts of the Gulf Cooperation Council nations and U.S. Central Command. […]

Loadout Room photo of the day | Scout Snipers conduct field training at TBS

QUANTICO, VA, UNITED STATES U.S. Marines assigned to Scout Sniper School Class 3-14, conduct a hike during a field training exercise at Range 11, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Oct. 7, 2014. The Marines of Class 3-14 conducted team stalking exercises, as well as tactical movements through temperate environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance […]

Loadout Room photo of the day | Reconnaissance Marines execute free-fall jumps

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA, UNITED STATES Sergeant Ian Frazier, scout sniper, Charlie Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, applies camouflage paint prior to executing a high altitude high opening jump at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., April 9, 2015. Several free-fall trained reconnaissance Marines conducted a HAHO jump to begin a three-day reconnaissance and surveillance patrol. The exercise […]

Sniper shortage: Too many Marines are washing out of sniper school

The Marine Corps is facing a “critical gap” of scout snipers due to the high washout rates at sniper school, so the Corps is looking at changes to how the elite sharpshooters are trained, officials said. The graduation rate for scout snipers school for the past several years has been down significantly. An uptick in […]