The Marine Corps is getting rid of its Scout Sniper Platoons as part of massive force structure changes, but Marine reconnaissance and special operations units will continue to have their own ...

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." ...

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 the Scout Snipers Course, Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, fire M40A6 sniper rifles during a live-fire exercise on ...

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 ...

Step into the world of US Marine Scout Snipers as we trace their path from brutal selection to mission-ready precision. This ...

The Marine Corps is getting rid of one of its most elite and storied jobs -- the scout sniper. Official message traffic leaked to social media last week described a switch from scout sniper platoons ...

WASHINGTON — The Marine Corps has phased out its elite scout sniper platoons as part of a large-scale redesign of the service’s infantry battalions to adapt to future warfare, service officials said ...

The shadows grew long on a cold, clear December night at Camp Geiger, North Carolina, as a bonfire raged and a pig roasted -- it was an initiation into an elite club that would grow no more after that ...

Johnathan Taylor served as a scout sniper in the United States Marine Corps for eight years. He is now the president of the USMC Scout Sniper Association, an organization helping veteran snipers ...

Marines in the final scout sniper course breathe in tear gas during a training event at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Dec. 13. (Lance Cpl. Zachary Candiani/Marine Corps) The last eight Marines ...