The Marine Corps is scrapping its scout sniper program and will soon house its snipers under reconnaissance, rather than infantry, battalions. Instead of scout sniper platoons, infantry battalions ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Marine Corps sniper community is seeking honor their community’s fallen via a new war memorial. Members of the USMC Scout Sniper Heritage Foundation have a long-term plan, design and are raising ...

The Marine Corps officially scrapped its scout sniper job and opened up jobs in logistics intelligence this fiscal year. These are two of the biggest changes to the Marine Corps’ jobs as listed in the ...

Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock holds the Marine Corps record for the longest confirmed sniper kill shot. The late Marine sniper set the record in 1967 with a M-2 .50 caliber Browning machine gun. With ...

Malibu, CA - May 1, 2007 - Abandon Mobile, a worldwide leader in mobile entertainment, today announced the release of U.S. Marine Corps. Scout/Sniper, a strategic military sniper game, on J2ME ...

One man can change the world with one round in the right place. U.S. Marines with Regimental Surveillance and Target Acquisition Company, 1st Marine Division, talk about the life as a Marine Scout ...