stalkmaster
06-19-04, 08:02 PM
Do you want to be a sniper ?
We all have seen the Movie but what is it really like...
This is one of the most demanding and important jobs in the
Corps as far as I am concerned. When I went to Sniper School
1st Mar Div Sniper School Class 1-85 it was a 13 week intense school with lots of Classroom time concerning ballistics, weapons observation techniques,cover and concealment, shooting and making your Ghillie suit.
There are written tests, you will also have ten stalks to complete with the objective to be able to fire 2 shots at your instructors without them being able to walk another instructor onto you.
Most snipers have an original MOS of 0311 (the Grunt)the backbone of the Corps, the marine in the trench.Not everyone that wants to be a sniper becomes one, but it was one of the proudest moments of my life to become part of a distinct faternity of Marines.
But remember what the Snipers mission is, to acquire a prechosen target or one of opportunity and kill them.
This is sometimes necessary and it is not for everyone because it is upclose and personal. I hope this gives some insight to what
it is like to become a Marine Scout/Sniper.
"One Shot One Kill"
Stalkmaster
:marine:
We all have seen the Movie but what is it really like...
This is one of the most demanding and important jobs in the
Corps as far as I am concerned. When I went to Sniper School
1st Mar Div Sniper School Class 1-85 it was a 13 week intense school with lots of Classroom time concerning ballistics, weapons observation techniques,cover and concealment, shooting and making your Ghillie suit.
There are written tests, you will also have ten stalks to complete with the objective to be able to fire 2 shots at your instructors without them being able to walk another instructor onto you.
Most snipers have an original MOS of 0311 (the Grunt)the backbone of the Corps, the marine in the trench.Not everyone that wants to be a sniper becomes one, but it was one of the proudest moments of my life to become part of a distinct faternity of Marines.
But remember what the Snipers mission is, to acquire a prechosen target or one of opportunity and kill them.
This is sometimes necessary and it is not for everyone because it is upclose and personal. I hope this gives some insight to what
it is like to become a Marine Scout/Sniper.
"One Shot One Kill"
Stalkmaster
:marine: