A general said that the Guard soldier's achievement "is a milestone for not only Montana, but the entire National Guard and Army."

Operation Anaconda demonstrated the skill and bravery of US special-operations forces, their international partners, and local Afghan fighters.

Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock spent his life demonstrating and teaching "that the deadliest thing on the battlefield is one well-aimed shot."

"We know what a bullet does," a former sniper said, explaining that they know "not just what the bullet's doing but why it's doing it."

US Army sniper school students recently went through the “ghillie wash” and the photos are wild. The event puts sniper students through their paces and their ghillie suits to the test. A clean, fresh-looking ghillie suit could get the sniper killed in combat. Visit the Business section of Insider for […]

Since April 2020, US Navy and Coast Guard ships and aircraft have been conducting enhanced counternarcotics operations. They work together closely, and Coast Guard snipers on Navy vessels are engaging suspected smugglers every day, the top US commander in the region says. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. Nearly […]

Snipers from across the US military recently participated in competitions that tested almost every aspect of what it means to be a one-shot warrior. The All Guard Team consisting of sharpshooters from the California National Guard had the highest score by far, besting even special operations snipers. “We’re all just […]

Sgt. 1st Class Steven Mason is a jungle-warfare instructor for the 25th Infantry “Tropic Lightning” Division in Hawaii. The Jungle Operations Training Course in Hawaii is a 12-day program for US Army regiments that covers mobility training, waterborne operations, combat tracking, jungle tactics, and survival training. Here, he reacts to […]

John Wayne Walding lost his leg after a sniper round all but tore it off during the Battle of Shok Valley in eastern Afghanistan on April 6, 2008, but that didn’t stop him. After recovering, Walding went through sniper training and became the first amputee to graduate from the Special […]

In the past year, the US Army, Marine Corps, and Special Operations Command have all shown interest in the same bolt-action rifle for their snipers – the Barrett Multi-Role Adaptive Design (MRAD) rifle able to fire three different rounds. “We’re excited about it because it’s going to improve capabilities, it’s […]

Snipers have a tough job, one that often leaves them isolated from the rest of the force on the battlefield. Sometimes they are stuck in a less-than-pleasant spot for days, maybe even weeks. The coronavirus outbreak has forced people around the world into isolation in one form or another. Insider […]

The US military’s newest sniper rifle of choice appears to be the Barrett Multi-Role Adaptive Design (MRAD) bolt-action rifle, a weapon in which the Army, Marines, and special operators have all expressed interest, Task & Purpose first reported, citing budget documents. The multi-calibre sniper rifle “gives more flexibility to the […]

US military snipers train to be able to hide from enemies at distant observation posts, as well as patrols in the field. Even during stalking training, where snipers are focused on observers at their target, “the goal is that they have 360-degree concealment,” a US Army sniper instructor told Insider, […]

When setting up a firing position, snipers have to think carefully about their concealment, as the slightest mistake could give away their position. The Department of Defence released this “Spot the Sniper” video in November, a 30-second clip during which a sniper and his spotter emerge from a patch of […]

A good sniper has to be able to hide in plain sight, which means they have to master camouflage and concealment. Insider recently visited Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia and observed stalking training, where snipers in training attempt to slip past instructors undetected to put fire on a target. […]

Snipers have one of the toughest and most dangerous jobs on the battlefield, and the stress from that can be tremendous. Many snipers said they handled their job’s intense pressures by quieting their worries and allowing their training to guide them. “This profession as a whole constitutes a difficult lifestyle […]

To carry out their mission, snipers must be masters of concealment and be able to disappear in any environment, be it desert, woodland, sand, or snow. The ghillie suit, a kind of artificial camouflage, is key to concealment. The US Army recently released photos of a sniper school instructor showing […]