FORT STEWART, Ga. -- Soldiers of Troops C and D, 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, conducted sniper rifle training with a focus on basic ...

For more than a century, sharpshooters have played an important role in the evolution of special operations warfare. From the ...

They shoot targets from concealed positions, or distances that exceed the capabilities of regular law enforcement. They have specialized training with distinctive high-powered weapons and make ...

FORT MCCOY, Wis. -- U.S. Army National Guard snipers are highly trained assets whose value and capabilities are often overlooked during large scale training events such as the National Guard's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Army's new MK22 sniper rifle can hit targest as far off as a mile, which has forced officials at Fort Benning, Georgia to ...

A U.S. Marine Corps scout sniper candidate with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, adjusts his sights during a live-fire exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground ...

At their most basic function, snipers throughout history have been used to create “dilemmas for opposing commanders,” Brig. Gen. Larry Burris, the commandant of the Army Infantry School, said last ...

FORT HOOD, TX (KTRK) -- Police departments all over our country are using military-style training, so we traveled to Fort Hood, the largest active duty armored post in the United States Armed Services ...

NDTV caught up with a sniper from the Second Corps "Khartiia" of the National Guard of Ukraine, Brigade Raid, special operations sniper unit, who spoke about the realities of the job.

WASHINGTON — For all the debate surrounding the movie American Sniper, few people know the moral choices involved in the job better than those trained to pull the trigger. "His job is to strike a ...