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    U.S. Army Sniper School (3:06) Government video describing U.S. Army Sniper School The U.S. Army Sniper Course trains selected military members assigned...
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    The United States Army Infantry School is a school located at Fort Moore, Georgia that is dedicated to training infantrymen for service in the United States...
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    marksmen. Snipers use the M107 Long Range Sniper Rifle, the M2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle and the M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifle. The army employs various...
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    Marine Corps Scout Sniper School. Scout Snipers must earn the rank of Lance Corporal, be selected by their battalion to join the scout-sniper platoon, and complete...
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  • Sniper Rifle (ESR), formerly known as the XM2010 and M24 Reconfigured Sniper Weapon System, is a sniper rifle developed by PEO Soldier for the United...
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    regarding the longest recorded sniper kills that contain information regarding the shooting distance and the identity of the sniper have been presented to the...
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    the United States military Obsolete military awards of the United States United States Army Sniper School United States Marine Corps Scout Sniper U.S...
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    coup d'œil).[page needed] Sniper rifles are classified as crew-served in the United States military. A sniper team (or sniper cell) consists of a combination...
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    new optics.  Tunisia  United States: Former primary sniper rifle of United States Army; replaced as a sniper rifle by the M24 Sniper Weapon System in 1988...
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  • Look up sniper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A sniper is a trained sharpshooter who operates alone, in a pair, or with a sniper team to maintain...
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    Course Army Mountain Warfare School Special Forces Advanced Mountain Operations School United States Army Sniper School "Special Forces Training". GoArmy. Archived...
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    anti-personnel, anti-materiel and surveillance uses by military snipers. The modern sniper rifle is a portable shoulder-fired rifle with either a bolt action...
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    The D.C. sniper attacks (also known as the Beltway sniper attacks) were a series of coordinated shootings that occurred during three weeks in October 2002...
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  • the Army adoption of the M24 SWS as its standard sniper rifle, the M25 was intended to be used by spotters of the sniper teams, while the snipers use...
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    The United States Army Rangers are elite U.S. Army personnel who have served in any unit which has held the official designation of "Ranger". The term...
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    The structure of the United States Army is complex, and can be interpreted in several different ways: active/reserve, operational/administrative, and branches/functional...
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    The United States Army Special Forces (SF), colloquially known as the "Green Berets" due to their distinctive service headgear, is the special operations...
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  • United States special operations forces (SOF) are the active and reserve component forces of the United States Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force...
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    War veteran and sniper with SEAL Team Three. With a record 160 confirmed kills (of a claimed 255), he was labelled the "Most lethal sniper in US military...
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  • Army video introducing and describing tabs in the U.S. Army In the United States Army, tabs are cloth and/or metal arches that are worn on U.S. Army uniforms...
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    Shughart, United States Army, distinguished himself by actions above and beyond the call of duty on 3 October 1993, while serving as a Sniper Team Member...
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    The United States Secret Service (USSS or Secret Service) is a federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security with the purpose...
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    The South Armagh Sniper is the generic name given to the members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army's (IRA) South Armagh Brigade who conducted a...
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    Chris Kyle (category Sniper warfare)
    Christopher Scott Kyle (April 8, 1974 – February 2, 2013) was a United States Navy SEAL sniper. He served four tours in the Iraq War and was awarded several...
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    the United States Army and a recipient of the Medal of Honor. At the time of his death, he was a non-commissioned officer in the United States Army's premier...
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    Carlos Hathcock (category Sniper warfare)
    Norman Hathcock II (May 20, 1942 – February 22, 1999) was a United States Marine Corps (USMC) sniper with a service record of 93 confirmed kills. Hathcock's...
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    United States Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU or AMU) is a part of U.S. Army providing small arms marksmanship training for soldiers and enhancing Army...
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    Lyudmila Pavlichenko (category Sniper warfare)
    was a Soviet sniper in the Red Army during World War II. She is credited with killing 309 enemy combatants. She served in the Red Army during the siege...
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    contract to supply the Afghan Army with 100 million rounds of AK-47 ammunition, millions of rounds for SVD Dragunov sniper rifles, aviation rockets and...
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    previously used by USMC Scout Sniper Teams. The M21 and M25 Sniper Weapons Systems, also based on the M14 M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System Small Caliber Ammunition...
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