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." ...

Marine scout snipers conduct long-range live-fire training at Camp Fuji, Japan, in March 2022. (Lance Cpl. Manuel Alvarado/Marine Corps) The Marine Corps is scrapping its scout sniper program and will ...

The United States Marine Corps disbanded its elite and historic scout sniper program as part of its extensive revamp to adapt infantry battalions to future warfare. The age-old MOS (Military ...

A Marine with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit fires a Mk22 Mod 0 in the Philippines, October 2024. (Cpl. Joseph Helms/Marine Corps) The Marine Corps has officially hit full operational capability ...

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 Marine Corps has deemed a new sniper rifle fully operational a year ahead of schedule, providing troops with a weapon that is expected to give reconnaissance and infantry units the ability to ...

The Marine Corps' newest sniper rifle is ready for prime time. Marine Corps Systems Command announced Tuesday that it has reached full operational capability for the service's new Mark 22 Advanced ...

That count also makes him the deadliest sniper of the entire Vietnam War. For many years, Mawhinney did not boast or make public his record of confirmed kills. He didn't even go into detail with those ...

The US Marine Corps’ deadliest sniper, Charles “Chuck” Mawhinney, who went nearly two decades avoiding any recognition for his kill record until it was revealed in a book, has died. Mawhinney died at ...