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 Scout Sniper Course, School of Infantry-East conduct a known distance qualification at Marine Corps Base ...

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 ...

East, participate in a known distance pre-qualification assessment at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Oct. 12 ...

In the Marine Corps' revised job manual: reconnaissance snipers, enlisted Marine historians, warrant officers who care for the dead and more. (Lance Cpl. Juan C. Bustos/Marine Corps) The Marine Corps ...

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 ...