What It Means To Be a Marine Corps Scout Sniper, According to 5 Scout Snipers
Mil & Intel
By Ethan E. Rocke | January 28, 2021
United States Marine Corps Scout Snipers are legendary for their tactical proficiency, physical and mental toughness, and extraordinary abilities as reconnaissance and surveillance professionals and force multipliers on the battlefield.
Unlike other military jobs or similar operators in other branches, which isolate particular skill sets to individuals, Marine Scout Snipers become proficient in all manners of combat. The methodologies they learn and the “no-quit†mentality they foster establish the philosophical approach to what a Marine Scout Sniper is. Those who attempt the Scout Sniper Basic Course are called PIGs, or Professionally Instructed Gunmen, and those who have what it takes to make it through the rigorous training and graduate earn the elite moniker “HOG,†or Hunter of Gunmen.
We asked five Marine Corps Scout Snipers to tell us what their service and mission means to them.
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