Marine snipers, often overlooked, build a memorial for their fallen
The Marine Scout Sniper Heritage Foundation needs to raise about $5 million for the project.
By Todd South
Latest ""
Marine Corps’ deadliest sniper, Charles ‘Chuck’ Mawhinney, dies at 75
The Lakeview, Oregon, native recorded 103 confirmed kills in Vietnam over the span of 16 months in 1968 and 1969.
By J.D. Simkins
The 12 coolest and best jobs in the Marine Corps (according to Marines)
Here are the top 12, according to these Marine veterans. Do you agree?
By Kevin Wabiszewski
Meet the ‘deadliest recruit on Parris Island’
The new Marine scored 248 out of a possible 250 on Table 1 of the Marine Corps Rifle Qualification and followed it by a perfect 100 on Table 2.
By Philip Athey
New ‘proof of concept’ Marine scout sniper course put on hold indefinitely
The 0315 Marine scout course was seen as as a “proof of concept” that would a bring new dimension to the Corps’ course sharpshooting community.
By Philip Athey
Best pics of the week: Aug. 2, 2020
The USS New York returns to Mayport, Warthogs refuel, Summer Fury 20 at Yuma, and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
New in 2020: A new MOS for the Marine sniper community?
The 0315 MOS would produce scouts to then work with snipers in units before receiving additional training.
By Todd South
A top Marine Corps scout sniper managed to sneak up on his enemy completely naked except for a pair of boots
An expert sniper can sneak up on an enemy naked as the day he was born. It’s not particularly advised, but one top sharpshooter did exactly that just to prove a point, Marine snipers told Insider.
By Ryan Pickrell, Business Insider
Marine shot in the head in Afghanistan gets back helmet that saved his life
Cpl. Nicholas DeSantis-Austin was providing security on a rooftop in Sangin, Afghanistan, in August 2018 when he was shot in the head by a sniper.
By Shawn Snow
Watch This Sniper Shoot a Target Across State Lines
Stan Pate is an unmodified rifleman. But with a keen set of senses and the right equipment, he becomes something more: a sharpshooter who can nail a target one mile across a state line.
There are no female Marines currently leading infantry platoons in the Corps
The first woman to lead an infantry platoon is serving in a new role with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit.
By Shawn Snow
A new sniper MOS? Marines are testing a ‘proof of concept’ for scout snipers
The new course would happen in early 2020.
By Todd South