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Marine Reserve Shooting Team redeems Corps with a sniper competition win
By: Shawn Snow 1 day ago
Scout Sniper Instructor School in October 2018.
Staff Sgt. Andrew Slade and Sgt. Steven Thompson comprised the Marine reserve shooting team duo who claimed the first place prize this time around.
Thompson is a scout sniper with 1st Battalion, 25th Marines, and the two Marines were officially representing the Corps while shooting for the Marine Corps Reserve Action Shooting Team.
The three-day match is “known as one of the most difficult sniper competitions there is,” Thompson said.
Competitors have to conduct a nearly 30-mile ruck and carry all their gear throughout the entire competition.
Shooters must ruck between shooting stages and sleep in austere conditions.
A spokesperson for the sniper competition said numerous military teams to include the 75th Ranger Regiment, Arkansas National Guard, Michigan National Guard, the Corps of Cadets Marksmanship Unit (Texas A&M), and the Army Marksmanship Unit participated in the events.
Other military units competed, but may not have identified their affiliation on the roster.
Thompson described the victory as “huge win for the Marine Corps” and sniper community.
The Corps’ reserve shooting team is part of the Marksmanship Training Unit for Marine Forces Reserve.
That unit has three primary jobs, conducting formal schools like the Combat Marksmanship Coaches course and Combat Marksmanship Trainer; provide Mobile Training Teams to help reserve units with their ranges; and participating in competitions.
Marine Reserve Shooting Team redeems Corps with a sniper competition win
By: Shawn Snow 1 day ago
Scout Sniper Instructor School in October 2018.
Staff Sgt. Andrew Slade and Sgt. Steven Thompson comprised the Marine reserve shooting team duo who claimed the first place prize this time around.
Thompson is a scout sniper with 1st Battalion, 25th Marines, and the two Marines were officially representing the Corps while shooting for the Marine Corps Reserve Action Shooting Team.
The three-day match is “known as one of the most difficult sniper competitions there is,” Thompson said.
Competitors have to conduct a nearly 30-mile ruck and carry all their gear throughout the entire competition.
Shooters must ruck between shooting stages and sleep in austere conditions.
A spokesperson for the sniper competition said numerous military teams to include the 75th Ranger Regiment, Arkansas National Guard, Michigan National Guard, the Corps of Cadets Marksmanship Unit (Texas A&M), and the Army Marksmanship Unit participated in the events.
Other military units competed, but may not have identified their affiliation on the roster.
Thompson described the victory as “huge win for the Marine Corps” and sniper community.
The Corps’ reserve shooting team is part of the Marksmanship Training Unit for Marine Forces Reserve.
That unit has three primary jobs, conducting formal schools like the Combat Marksmanship Coaches course and Combat Marksmanship Trainer; provide Mobile Training Teams to help reserve units with their ranges; and participating in competitions.
