US Marine Scout Sniper Program ending

[bigwheelzip]

Another victim of the Corp's adjustment.
Marine Corps Axes Elite Scout Sniper Platoons | Military.com

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[Truckman]

For those who prefer a warmer, more fuzzy and friendly Marine Corps I suppose...Not to mention a lot less useful......Ben

 

[old bear]

I just scanned the article. To me it sounds like the Marines are simply moving the sniper team members to other units, but the mission will still be Kill the bad guys from long range and cause terror in the enemy units. Hope I'm correct but who knows?

 

[robvious]

every time the military does something like this, it is regretted in the next generation (say within 20 years)

 

[NFrameFred]

Hopefully this not as it appears on its face, for the same old reason resulting in the same old lesson having to be learned again the same old hard way ………

 

[Truckman]

every time the military does something like this, it is regretted in the next generation (say within 20 years)

I can remember our Air Force concluding guns were no longer necessary on fighter aircraft since air-to-air missiles were available......Ben

 

[The Last Standing Knight]

I suspect that this might have something to do with the "designated marksman" billet in each fireteam these days. The top brass figuring it was redundant.

I don't and feel this might be a mistake, although reassigning the billet of scout sniper from an infantry regiment to SpecOps would be beneficial and a good fit.

I have always thought that the Marine Corps should've been more like a formal commando unit...travel light, move fast, acomplish the mission, get out.

I have known and worked alongside scout snipers- all good men. One sniper is probably one of the most dangerous things in the combat zone. To quote the old addage of "killing you from another zip code" is true and I would NOT want to be the enemy facing one.

 

[bigwheelzip]

I just scanned the article. To me it sounds like the Marines are simply moving the sniper team members to other units, but the mission will still be Kill the bad guys from long range and cause terror in the enemy units. Hope I'm correct but who knows?

Not getting rid of those already trained, but not making any more of them either.
Gathered from this and other articles that the skills taught in the "Scout" portion of the school are unique and not taught in "Sniper" or other Marine schools, though resembling "Recon".

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[Iggy]

To be replaced by a “greeters” platoon.��

 

[robvious]

To be replaced by a “greeters” platoon.��

Welcome to war, don't have a good day, have a great day.. thanks for stopping at combat.

 

[ameridaddy]

Hopefully this is only an organizational change with a redistribution of the practioners, not an elimination of the training and the task.
I love this great big decal I saw on the back window of a pickup truck a few years ago:

 

[smoothshooter]

How and where do they plan on training prospective new snipers?

 

[cmj8591]

It sounds like typical military double speak. "We are eliminating A, creating B and calling it C". I'm not sure that the job performed by the Scout/Sniper is going away based on that article.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

"Regretted in twenty years"? Vietnam was only 12 years after Korea.
Yes, military doublespeak, renaming something, passing it off as "new, improved!" Infantry Training Regiment is now "School of Infantry".
No doubt many of those who applied for Scout/Sniper training were found to be "extremists", "potential terrorists", etc.

 

[Bekeart]

From the Ministry of Truth

Another victim of the Corp's adjustment.
Marine Corps Axes Elite Scout Sniper Platoons | Military.com

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From the Ministry of Truth

 

[dockmurgw]

This can be explained in four words:
W*O*K*E

 

[DWalt]

Maybe the Spetsnaz will follow suit and will purge their ranks of certifiable psychopaths.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

The upper brass in the Marine Corps have been discouraging elite units within the Corps' elite status since mid WWII. When they scrapped their 5 Parachute Regiments and shortly thereafter the Raider Battalions. Force Recon kind of comes and goes. This is more of Same ol', Same ol'!

Ivan

 

[Narragansett]

Maybe that will free up some 308 and 300 WM ammo.

I do not care what they say, snipers save lives and will never go away

 

[MDF4]

My brother in law was a Marine sniper. I've watched him shoot his Tikkas'...certainly wouldn't want to be on the receiving end.