The Marine Corps is unique in its consolidation of reconnaissance and sniper duties for a single Marine. The sniper's secondary mission is collecting and reporting battlefield information, Section 1.1 FM 23-10 Sniper Training. By this, the sniper creates casualties among enemy troops, slows enemy movement, frightens enemy soldiers, lowers morale, and adds confusion to their operations. An Army Sniper's primary mission is to support combat operations by delivering precise long-range fire on selected targets. The term "Scout Sniper" is only used officially by the Marine Corps, but it does not imply a differing mission from the U.S. Marine Scout Snipers are trained at one of the four school house locations. Scout Snipers in Marine infantry battalions fell under the Surveillance and Target Acquisition (STA) units initially, and now, more formalized, they belong to the infantry battalion's Scout Sniper Platoon (SSP), usually within the Headquarters and Service (H&S) Company or Weapons Company. By doctrine, a Scout Sniper is a Marine highly skilled in field craft and marksmanship who delivers long range precision fire on selected targets from concealed positions in support of combat operations. Scout Snipers provide close reconnaissance and surveillance to the infantry battalion. ĭespite the official prohibition, the New York Times reported in 2020 that the "SS" logo continues to be used by Marines, "much like a secret handshake". The Military Religious Freedom Foundation, which had helped circulate an image of snipers posing with a blue "SS" flag, questioned this assumption, writing that the flag was sold by a website dedicated to German World War II and Nazi memorabilia. Ī Marine official was quoted as saying that their leadership believed that the Marines did not understand the logo's significance. The Commandant of the Marine Corps gave orders to stop it, issued an apology, and ordered an investigation into the prevalence of this practice. Strong media criticism of this practice ensued. The same stylized double rune was the symbol of the SS, the Nazi organization that was instrumental in conducting the Holocaust. media reported that Marine scout snipers had been using the double Sig rune (ϟϟ, "SS") in its " Armanen" form ( ) to symbolize their function since at least the 1980s. This image's publication, showing Scout Snipers posing with an flag in Afghanistan in 2010, triggered the controversy about the Scout Snipers' use of the symbol. Scout Sniper teams train to engage man-sized targets with the M40 out to 1000 yards, and can be effective at a range of up to 1.25 miles (2.01 km) with the M82, if the environment is right.Ĭontroversial use of the "SS" symbol These can be issued to a team as needed to give supported commanders the option of taking out heavy equipment or heavily armored targets. Within a platoon, there are four Special Application Scoped Rifles (SASR), chambered in. The shooter/spotter relationship is not always set some platoons establish designated shooters, while others have team members switch off. The spotter is typically armed with an M4 carbine and uses a high-power spotting scope to spot targets and follow-up shots for the shooter. One sniper is equipped with a long-range, specially-made sniper rifle, such as the M40 he is also frequently issued an M9 9mm pistol. Typically, each Scout Sniper team has two members. They consisted of Scout Snipers and Intelligence Marines.Ī Scout Sniper Platoon is composed of 8–10 Scout Sniper teams, some of which are specially suited for night operations and fully capable of operating in almost complete darkness through use of night vision scopes and infrared laser equipment.
Surveillance and Target Acquisition (STA) Platoons, very similar units, existed until shortly after the Gulf War.
Ī USMC Scout Sniper Team is a detachment of one or more sniper teams performing an assigned task of engaging selected targets, targets of opportunity, collecting and reporting information, or a combination of all, contributing to the accomplishment of the supported unit's mission.
The first Scout Snipers were trained near San Diego, California in 1943 and saw combat in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. 1.1 Controversial use of the "SS" symbolĪ USMC Scout Sniper is a Marine, highly skilled in fieldcraft and marksmanship, who can deliver long-range precision fire on selected targets, from concealed positions in support of combat operations.
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