The United States Marine Corps disbanded its elite and historic scout sniper program as part of its extensive revamp to adapt infantry battalions to future warfare. The age-old MOS (Military ...

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 ...

(Lance Cpl. Manuel Alvarado/Marine Corps) The Marine Corps is scrapping its scout sniper program and will soon house its snipers under reconnaissance, rather than infantry, battalions. Instead of ...

Even before recent reforms (like adding a “scout sniper” platoon to many infantry battalions) there were already positions for a sniper in each infantry squad and a squad (six or eight men) of them in ...

Eight Marines graduated from the last Scout Sniper Course at the School of Infantry-East at Camp Geiger, North Carolina, on Dec. 15. The graduation marks the end of a long era that stretches back ...

Grounds around the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center will be the scene for more than 300 Boy Scouts on Friday and Saturday. The event is part of the scouts' 21st Annual Duty to God and ...

The new "scout platoons" will consist of 26 Marines. Infantry companies will no longer have Marines trained as snipers, but they will keep "designated marksmen." It's not the first time the Corps ...