One challenge the Marine Corps faces in filling out Scout Sniper platoons is that many of the Marines completing the course are nearing the end of their first term of enlistment.
Top Marine Corps officials are reportedly considering a plan to make the scout sniper military occupational specialty, , into a primary MOS, which would allow recruits to come into the Corps and move directly into a sniper training pipeline, according to a report from the online publication We Are the Mighty. A Marine Corps spokesman declined to confirm that such an option was being looked at. Clark Carpenter. Inside the scout sniper community Typically the Marine Corps has up to or so trained scout snipers across the force, said Caylen Wojcik, a former Marine staff sergeant who served as a scout sniper from to Being a scout sniper involves many technical skills, such as camouflage field-craft, mission planning and marksmanship, said Wojcik, who taught at the scout sniper basic course for three years.
Without prior training, it is difficult for Marines to successfully complete sniper school, he said. When operations wind down and those commanders move on, they leave a vacuum in institutional knowledge about how best to use scout snipers, he said. The scout sniper community itself also sees a very high rate of turnover because once Marines become staff sergeants, their primary MOS becomes — Infantry Unit Leader — and that means they will be sent to whichever unit the Marine Corps deems necessary, Wojcik said.
Without any career progression in their community, the only way scout snipers can keep doing their jobs is by becoming reconnaissance Marines, he said.
Wojcik said he believes that scout snipers should have their own company to reduce the turnover rate. Students are taught camouflage and concealment techniques at the U. They learned to weather a ghillie suit by crawling through ditches filled with water, mud, rocks, vegetation and fallen tree branches. Students learn that being a sniper can be a difficult and dirty job during training at the U.
Students at the U. Army Sniper School endure a constant supply of stressors; some physical, but mostly mental stressors. Students must pay attention to the smallest details in every subject of the sniper course. Well, thats the way it used to go. That looks like a primary MOS rather than the secondary it used to be.
Since my intel is apparently old, I'm going to back off before I give you incorrect information. They will eventually hold an Indoc or Screener basically a haze fest that ranges anywhere from 24 hours to 2 weeks depending on the unit. A screener could also simply be an interview -If you qualify for the indoc or screener you can take it.
And dont tell anyone a damn thing about your depression. And like WM said, One step at a time. That's a DQ!!! Your best bet is to talk with a recruiter.
Mood Disorders Current mood disorders including, but not limited to, major depression History of mood disorders requiring outpatient care for longer than 6 months by a physician or other mental health professional V History of symptoms consistent with a mood disorder of a repeated nature that impairs school, social, or work efficiency is disqualifying.
Current or history of adjustment disorders within the previous 3 months is disqualifying. Behavioral Disorders Current or history of conduct , or behavior disorders is disqualifying.
Recurrent encounters with law enforcement agencies, antisocial attitudes or behaviors are tangible evidence of impaired capacity to adapt to military service and as such are disqualifying. Current or history of personality disorder is disqualifying. History demonstrated by repeated inability to maintain reasonable adjustment in school, with employers or fellow workers, or other social groups , interview, or psychological testing revealing that the degree of immaturity, instability, personality inadequacy, impulsiveness, or dependency will likely interfere with adjustment in the Armed Forces is disqualifying.
Current or history of other behavior disorders is disqualifying, including, but not limited to conditions such as the following: 1 Enuresis Any current receptive or expressive language disorder, including, but not limited to any speech impediment, stammering and stuttering History of suicidal behavior, including gesture s or attempt s Current or history of anxiety disorders anxiety Current or history of dissociative disorders, including, but not limited to hysteria Current or history of somatoform disorders, including, but not limited to hypochondriasis Current or history of psychosexual conditions , including, but not limited to transsexualism, exhibitionism, transvestism, voyeurism, and other paraphilias, are disqualifying.
Current or history of alcohol dependence , drug dependence , alcohol abuse , or other drug abuse How long have you been being treated for depression and are you taking meds for it? Diagnosed at The instructors use radios to communicate with the walkers and try to find the sniper. Students must stalk from 1, meters out to within meters of the instructors, all the while avoiding detection by the instructors and the walkers.
Once in position, they take a shot they are firing blanks. They must take this shot carefully because if their muzzle flashes or kicks up dirt, then they can be easily spotted. After the first shot, the snipers must stalk to a second firing position and take a second shot.
To verify that the snipers were actually sighting the instructors, the snipers must read the card or count the number of fingers the instructors are holding up. Stalk training is a pass or fail game. If the sniper is spotted at any point, he fails the game. Too many fails, and the student washes out of the program.
Of course, training exercises are different from deployment. Army Ranger Sniper explains it this way:. Anywhere, any time, snipers are prepared to use their specialized skills to sneak into dangerous situations and disable an enemy force through a combination of close reconnaissance and deadly long-range fire.
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