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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Experimentation with infantry battalions revealed that scout sniper platoons had insufficient intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, a Marine spokesman said. (Lance Cpl. Manuel ...