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Photograph of Private Milton L. Cook Firing His M-60 Machine Gun into an Area Where a Viet Cong Sniper was Spotted

Photograph of Private Milton L. Cook Firing His M-60 Machine Gun into ...

Original caption: On 8 Jan. 1967, "C" Co., 2nd Bn., 5th Mech Inf. Bde., 25th Inf. Div., operated as a blocking force on Operation Cedar Falls in the Filhol Plantation by the Saigon River, ten (10) miles northea... More

A painting of a fire hydrant surrounded by trees. Artwork: "Seabee Sniper, Guam" Artist: Louis J. Kaep, #28. Courtesy U.S. Navy Combat Art Center

A painting of a fire hydrant surrounded by trees. Artwork: "Seabee Sni...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A view from an observation/sniper post of Company B, 1ST Battalion, 8th Regiment, 24th Marine Amphibious Unit

A view from an observation/sniper post of Company B, 1ST Battalion, 8t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Lucas / SSGT Drago Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More

Corporal (CPL) Gary Briggs, Sergeant (SGT) Dean Pendleton and Corporal (CPL) Paul E. Bowden, all members of the Scout Sniper Platoon, 23rd Marines, 5th Marine Division, pull an ankio sled loaded with their packs and a 10-man arctic tent during a cold weather training exercise

Corporal (CPL) Gary Briggs, Sergeant (SGT) Dean Pendleton and Corporal...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Canada (CAN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT G.D. Bieber, Usmc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An Iver-Johnson Model 500 .50-caliber sniper rifle without scope

An Iver-Johnson Model 500 .50-caliber sniper rifle without scope

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: John Yoder Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A student at the Scout Sniper Instructor School radios his position to headquarters during a field training exercise

A student at the Scout Sniper Instructor School radios his position to...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL D.A. Haynes, Usmc Release Status: Released to P... More

A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter of Marine Helicopter Squadron 1 (HMX-1) takes off during Scout Sniper Instructor School training

A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter of Marine Helicopter Squadron 1 (HMX-1) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL D.A. Haynes, Usmc Release Status: Released to P... More

A Marine acting as a member of the aggressor force simulates firing a Soviet RPG-7 portable rocket launcher during a field training exerciseat the Scout Sniper Instructor School

A Marine acting as a member of the aggressor force simulates firing a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL D.A. Haynes, Usmc Release Status: Released to P... More

A student at the Scout Sniper Instructor School talks on a field radio while recording information into the log during a field training exercise

A student at the Scout Sniper Instructor School talks on a field radio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL D.A. Haynes, Usmc Release Status: Released to P... More

A student uses binoculars to spot targets while another student aims a sniper rifle during Scout Sniper Instructor School training

A student uses binoculars to spot targets while another student aims a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL D.A. Haynes, Usmc Release Status: Released to P... More

US Marines run for cover as sniper shots ring out in the compound. The Marines, armed with M203 grenade launchers attached to M16A2 rifles and an AT8 light anti-tank weapon, are attempting to secure Somali Warlord GEN. Aideed's weapons cantonment area. The Marines from Task capital city, after a 6:00 a.m. surrender deadline, were ignored by Somali nationals in the compound

US Marines run for cover as sniper shots ring out in the compound. The...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry C. Mitchell Release Status: Released t... More

Sergeant Derek Lovell, US Marine, 2D Reconnaissance Battalion, using an M40A1 sniper rifle fires upon human-sized targets with color-coded circles on a firing range during a weapons training element on Range 1-Alpha at the Empire Range Complex, Camp Hayes, Panama Canal

Sergeant Derek Lovell, US Marine, 2D Reconnaissance Battalion, using a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Hayes Country: Panama (PAN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Timothy A. Pope, Usmc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More

In full MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System), AIRMAN First Class Michel Winters, USAF, 31st Security Forces Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, takes aim with his Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle at a sniper in a mock town. As part of Ground Combat Skills (GCS) training, the mission scenario is to move in and occupy a mock village, restore order and allow for peaceful elections. GCS is a weeklong training regiment consisting of three days of classroom work and two days in the field where trainees receive instruction on land navigation, combat patrolling and field craft skills

In full MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System), AIRMAN Fi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SRA Staci Clapper, USAF Release S... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Ace Jones (left) mans a 7.62mm Springfield Armory M21 Sniping rifle, while USAF SSGT Larry Knoll sites through the scope of his 7.62mm M24 Sniper rifle, both are participating in marksmen ship training at the US Army (USA) Sniper Scholl at Sembach Army Annex, Germany

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Ace Jones (left) mans a 7.62...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Sembach Annex Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT S. C. Felde, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

A US Army (USA) Soldier assigned to A/Company, 2-504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 82nd Airborne Division, sights through the scope attached to his 7.62mm M21 sniper rifle during a search and destroy mission in the mountains of ADI Ghar, Afghanistan, during Operation Mongoose

A US Army (USA) Soldier assigned to A/Company, 2-504th Parachute Infan...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: ADI Ghar Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SFC Milton H. Robinson, USA Release Status... More

A US Army (USA) Soldier assigned to A/Company, 2-504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 82nd Airborne Division, sights through the scope attached to his 7.62mm M21 sniper rifle during a search and destroy mission in the mountains of ADI Ghar, Afghanistan, during Operation Mongoose

A US Army (USA) Soldier assigned to A/Company, 2-504th Parachute Infan...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: ADI Ghar Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SFC Milton H. Robinson, USA Release Status... More

A US Army (USA) Soldier assigned to A/Company, 2-504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 82nd Airborne Division, sights through the scope attached to his 7.62mm M21 sniper rifle during a search and destroy mission in the mountains of ADI Ghar, Afghanistan, during Operation Mongoose

A US Army (USA) Soldier assigned to A/Company, 2-504th Parachute Infan...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: ADI Ghar Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SFC Milton H. Robinson, USA Release Status... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Matthew Dover, Scout Sniper, Headquarters and Service Company (H&S CO), 1ST Battalion, 24th Marines (1/24), Detroit, Michigan (MI), practices firing a Remington M40A1 sniper rifle just outside of An-Numaniyah Airfield (a.k.a. Three Rivers), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Matthew Dover, Scout Sniper, Hea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: An Nu' Maniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Alicia M. Anderson, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Ryan J. Rose, Assistant Squad Leader, 3rd Battalion 7th Marines, takes a cover position after encountering sniper fire, during a Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) training course, at the Marine Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California (CA). LCPL Rose is armed with a 5.56mm M16A3 rifle equipped to fire simunition rounds. Simunition rounds are simulated ammunition that fire a paint projectile and is used for training. The gear includes facemask and eye protection

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Ryan J. Rose, Assistant S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Christopher R. Rye, USMC Release Sta... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines and the ground combat element of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), take shelter from heavy in-coming sniper fire from Taliban insurgents near the village of Siah Chub Kalay, Afghanistan (AFG) during Operation ASBURY PARK and in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Zabol Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 22ND MEU (SOC) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Keith A. Milks, USMC Release Status: Rel... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Alexander Erb (foreground, aiming) and USAF SSGT Brian Little (background, spotting), both with the 52nd Security Forces Squadron (SFS) Emergency Services Team (EST), practice their sniper skills during a training scenario on Spangdalem Air Base (AB), Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany (DEU)

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Alexander Erb (foreground, a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bonnie A White, USAF Release Status... More

Artwork showing a US Marine Corps (USMC) Sniper, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), exchanging fire with Muqtada Militia snipers in the old city of An Najaf, An Najaf Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Artwork showing a US Marine Corps (USMC) Sniper, 11th Marine Expeditio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Annette Kyriakides, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More

BM John Christofferson with the Navy EOD Detatchment 11 with the EOD Mobile Unit 11 out of Woodby Island, WA shots the 50 calaber sniper rifle at range ASP4 in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq on January 5, 2006 (U.S. Army photo by PFC Timothy J. Villareal)

BM John Christofferson with the Navy EOD Detatchment 11 with the EOD M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Diwaniyah State: Qadisiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Timothy J. Villareal, USA Rel... More

Soldiers of Headquarters, Headquarters Company 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airbourne Division tactically move across an open area to search a residence during a raid to find a suspected insurgent sniper in Bayji, Iraq on February 24, 2006. (US Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill)(Released)

Soldiers of Headquarters, Headquarters Company 1ST Battalion, 187th In...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: HHC1-187 MORTARS Scene... More

PFC. Kevin Heidenreich of Headquarters, Headquarters Company 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airbourne Division uses a mine detector during a raid to find a suspected insurgent sniper in Bayji, Iraq on February 24, 2006. (US Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill)(Released)

PFC. Kevin Heidenreich of Headquarters, Headquarters Company 1ST Batta...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: HHC1-187 MORTARS Scene... More

U.S. Army soldiers from Team Bravo, TF 1-26 Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1ST Infantry Division, line up behind a wall during the Mission Rehearsal Exercise NOBLE SHEPHARD at Hohenfels, Germany on 28 Feb 2006.  During the mission a sniper was spotted and soldiers took cover.  (U.S. Army photograph by SPC. Billy B. Brothers)

U.S. Army soldiers from Team Bravo, TF 1-26 Infantry, 2nd Brigade Comb...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE SHEPHERD Base: Hohenfels State: Bavaria Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: TF 1-26, 2ND B... More

U.S. Army Capt. Augustine Castronovo, of Woodland Hills,

U.S. Army Capt. Augustine Castronovo, of Woodland Hills,

U.S. Army Capt. Augustine Castronovo, of Woodland Hills, Calif., and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Deane Bostick stand watch while 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade Troops salute a memorial dedicated to U.S. Army Staff Serge... More

U.S. Marines with the School of Infantry-East hike

U.S. Marines with the School of Infantry-East hike

U.S. Marines with the School of Infantry-East hike to the start point of their 800m stalk on Camp Lejeune, NC, Jan. 21, 2015. Officers and Staff NCOs underwent training normally taught to snipers that required ... More

Spc. Blake Reyna, an infantryman with Troop C, 6th

Spc. Blake Reyna, an infantryman with Troop C, 6th

Spc. Blake Reyna, an infantryman with Troop C, 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, demonstrates how to shoot an M110 semi-automatic sniper system at Fort... More

British Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force

British Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force

British Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force and Belgium Air Force airmen participate in a Non-combative Evacuation Operation (NEO) as a culmination event Grant County International Airport, Wash., in su... More

Army Spc. Arturo Dominguez, a native of Okeechobee,

Army Spc. Arturo Dominguez, a native of Okeechobee,

Army Spc. Arturo Dominguez, a native of Okeechobee, Fla., assigned to Charlie Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Arm... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Johnathan Harrison, fires

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Johnathan Harrison, fires

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Johnathan Harrison, fires an M40 during a pre-sniper course conducted on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 14, 2019. Harrison, a native of Miami, Florida, is a rifleman with 3rd Bat... More

Army Sgt. Sean Mathews, team leader attached to the

Army Sgt. Sean Mathews, team leader attached to the

Army Sgt. Sean Mathews, team leader attached to the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, pulls security while the team prepares their weapons at the off-base firing range near Forward Operating Base Mehtar L... More

Lance Cpl. Mason Wilhelmy, a rifleman with Scout Sniper

Lance Cpl. Mason Wilhelmy, a rifleman with Scout Sniper

Lance Cpl. Mason Wilhelmy, a rifleman with Scout Sniper Platoon, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, gives shooting advice to a New Zealand Army sniper before he engages long-distance targets at Range 108 durin... More

Sergeant Thomas Z. Spitzer, professionally instructed

Sergeant Thomas Z. Spitzer, professionally instructed

Sergeant Thomas Z. Spitzer, professionally instructed gunman, Scout Sniper Platoon, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, provides security during a mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan, June 10, 2014. Spitze... More

Sgt. Jim Soto,an instructor at the Army Sniper School

Sgt. Jim Soto,an instructor at the Army Sniper School

Sgt. Jim Soto,an instructor at the Army Sniper School at For Benning, Ga., holsters his 9mm pistol before moving to the next target during the United States Army Special Operations Command 2015 International Sn... More

Czech soldiers prepare to engage targets from UH-60

Czech soldiers prepare to engage targets from UH-60

Czech soldiers prepare to engage targets from UH-60 Black Hawk during the European Best Sniper Squad Competition at the 7th Army Training Command Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 26, 2017. The European... More

Staff Sgt. Ulysses Ortiz, 820th Combat Operations Squadron

Staff Sgt. Ulysses Ortiz, 820th Combat Operations Squadron

Staff Sgt. Ulysses Ortiz, 820th Combat Operations Squadron unit trainer, left, operates a mine-resistant, ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicle roll-over simulator during an Emerge Moody tour, April 12, 2018, at Mood... More

FORT BENNING, Ga. (Feb. 4, 2019) – Stabsverwebel Eric

FORT BENNING, Ga. (Feb. 4, 2019) – Stabsverwebel Eric

FORT BENNING, Ga. (Feb. 4, 2019) – Stabsverwebel Eric Vogel, left, a German army sniper instructor at the Ausbildungszentrum Infanterie in Hammelburg, Germany, watches over a two-student sniper team at Ruth Ran... More

U.S. Army Spc. Kristofer Encinas, a sniper and Alex

U.S. Army Spc. Kristofer Encinas, a sniper and Alex

U.S. Army Spc. Kristofer Encinas, a sniper and Alex Stoyonovich a spotter, with 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, search for their next point during the land navigation event in the European Best Sniper Team... More

Anchorage Police Department Special Weapons and Tactics

Anchorage Police Department Special Weapons and Tactics

Anchorage Police Department Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team officers train on the High-Angle Sniper Range at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. The specialized training prepares o... More

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/1 Sniper

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/1 Sniper

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/1 Sniper Platoon, attached to the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), sight in on potenetial enemy threats while taking part in a straight transit drill aboard the U... More

SOUTH CHINA SEA (Sept. 6, 2020) Maj. Brock Lennon,

SOUTH CHINA SEA (Sept. 6, 2020) Maj. Brock Lennon,

SOUTH CHINA SEA (Sept. 6, 2020) Maj. Brock Lennon, from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, Maritime Raid Force, takes notes during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise aboard the amphibious transport do... More

Eight-year-old Leina Napoleon, from Pahala, Hawaii,

Eight-year-old Leina Napoleon, from Pahala, Hawaii,

Eight-year-old Leina Napoleon, from Pahala, Hawaii, hesitantly sights in on an M107 .50-caliber sniper rifle under the watchful eye of Lance Cpl. Daniel Burns, a scout sniper with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion... More

A scout sniper assigned to Weapons Company, Battalion

A scout sniper assigned to Weapons Company, Battalion

A scout sniper assigned to Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground combat element of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to fire a M40A5 bolt action rifle during field training. The 11t... More

Joe M. Pirtle Elementary School students raise their

Joe M. Pirtle Elementary School students raise their

Joe M. Pirtle Elementary School students raise their hands to volunteer as Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Battalion “Lancer,” 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team “Ironhorse,” 1st Cavalry Division, condu... More

Corporal Zach Alexander, scout sniper, Company C, 1st

Corporal Zach Alexander, scout sniper, Company C, 1st

Corporal Zach Alexander, scout sniper, Company C, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, observes the drop zone from inside a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a three-day reconnaissance and surveillance patrol aboard Joi... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Sheldon Hart, a pointman with 3d

U.S. Marine Cpl. Sheldon Hart, a pointman with 3d

U.S. Marine Cpl. Sheldon Hart, a pointman with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division, fires at a target during Service Level Training Exercise (SLTE) 1-21 aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center ... More

Special operations forces snipers listen to last minute

Special operations forces snipers listen to last minute

Special operations forces snipers listen to last minute instructions before starting the sniper stalk event for Fuerzas Comando, June 9, 2012, at the Colombian National Training Center on Fort Tolemaida. Fuerza... More

Marines with Sniper Platoon, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion,

Marines with Sniper Platoon, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion,

Marines with Sniper Platoon, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, take aim on targets during a weapons zeroing range at G21, Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 3, 2015. Shooters and spotters worked toget... More

Afghan National Army soldiers walk downrange to check

Afghan National Army soldiers walk downrange to check

Afghan National Army soldiers walk downrange to check their targets with their Marine instructors, May 2, 2012. Afghan soldiers with 1st Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, trained for a week with the M24 sniper rifle.

Anchorage Police Department Special Weapons and Tactics

Anchorage Police Department Special Weapons and Tactics

Anchorage Police Department Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team officers train on the High-Angle Sniper Range at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. The specialized training prepares o... More

A young student puts on a ghillie suit provided by

A young student puts on a ghillie suit provided by

A young student puts on a ghillie suit provided by the sniper team with Eagle Troop, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, stationed out of Vilsceck, Germany, during an Open House at Tapa Military Base, Estonia, ... More

Snipers from Colombia calculate the distance to the

Snipers from Colombia calculate the distance to the

Snipers from Colombia calculate the distance to the target during the Unknown Distance event as part of the Fuerzas Comando competition July 24 in Fort Tolemaida, Colombia. Snipers were evaluated on both marksm... More

Italian special operations forces engage targets from

Italian special operations forces engage targets from

Italian special operations forces engage targets from a the back of a moving truck March 12, 2018 during unstable platform training held by the International Special Training Centre on the island of Crete, Gree... More

An Afghan National Army soldier with the 215th Corps

An Afghan National Army soldier with the 215th Corps

An Afghan National Army soldier with the 215th Corps fires a Remington 700 sniper rifle during live fire shoot at Camp Shorabak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 21, 2013. ANA soldiers conducted the range to... More

Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF) snipers practice

Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF) snipers practice

Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF) snipers practice setting up firing positions during a Sniper Subject Matter Expert Exchange with Military Engagement Team-Jordan, 158th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Arizona ... More

Maj. Issac Moore, executive officer for Battalion Landing

Maj. Issac Moore, executive officer for Battalion Landing

Maj. Issac Moore, executive officer for Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, man an M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle by Staff Sgt. Matt Tippett, a chief scout sniper Platoon, BLT 2/5, 31st Marine Exp... More

FORT BLISS, Texas -- Sgt. John Sis, an infantryman

FORT BLISS, Texas -- Sgt. John Sis, an infantryman

FORT BLISS, Texas -- Sgt. John Sis, an infantryman assigned to 4th Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division and native of Annapolis, Maryland, fires a Beretta M9 pis... More

U.S. Marines with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine

U.S. Marines with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine

U.S. Marines with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division, participate in a pre-sniper qualification course at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 28, 2021. The course, a prerequisite to the Scout Sniper ... More

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the East Africa Response

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the East Africa Response

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF) Sniper Team and French Marines assigned to the 5th Overseas Intermarines Regiment (5RIAOM) conduct joint sniper training at the Djiboutian Ra... More

Airmen from the 820th Base Defense Group (BDG) give

Airmen from the 820th Base Defense Group (BDG) give

Airmen from the 820th Base Defense Group (BDG) give a static vehicle briefing to Emerge Moody members, April 12, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Emerge Moody is a program in which select Airmen and civilians... More

U.S. Army Spc. Alex Stoyonovich identifies the distance

U.S. Army Spc. Alex Stoyonovich identifies the distance

U.S. Army Spc. Alex Stoyonovich identifies the distance of his target during a range estimation event as part of the 2019 European Best Sniper Team Competition at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, July 22... More

The names of Oregon's war dead are etched into the

The names of Oregon's war dead are etched into the

The names of Oregon's war dead are etched into the Oregon Memorial Traveling Wall during the Roseburg VA Health Care System's annual Veteran Stand Down, Roseburg, Oregon, Sept. 25, 2019. The traveling memorial ... More

An Iraqi national policeman checks Iraqi civilians,

An Iraqi national policeman checks Iraqi civilians,

An Iraqi national policeman checks Iraqi civilians, as a security measure, entering a school where cows are being donated as good will to the Abu T'Shir community, of Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 10, in the Rashid dist... More

Soldier assigned to 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment,

Soldier assigned to 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment,

Soldier assigned to 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, fires the Romanian army “Pistol Mitralieră” assault rifle during a multinational weapons range with Battle Group Poland at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Po... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Casey Van Bastelaar, Site Security

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Casey Van Bastelaar, Site Security

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Casey Van Bastelaar, Site Security Squad Leader and Sniper Section Leader assigned to Task Force Guardian, looks down a M151 Spotting Scope at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, May 8th, 2020. Apart... More

A sniper hide out is demonstrated near a building's

A sniper hide out is demonstrated near a building's

A sniper hide out is demonstrated near a building's window as the Idaho National Guard marksmanship team participated for the first time in the urban and rural sniper training held in Melba by the Treasure Vall... More

U.S. Army Spc. Oliver Hill, a sniper of the 1-143rd

U.S. Army Spc. Oliver Hill, a sniper of the 1-143rd

U.S. Army Spc. Oliver Hill, a sniper of the 1-143rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne) Headquarters and Headquarters Company Scouts/Snipers, maintains a low silhouette to prvent the mission's compromise during the Jo... More

U.S. Marines with Regimental Surveillance and Target

U.S. Marines with Regimental Surveillance and Target

U.S. Marines with Regimental Surveillance and Target Acquisition Company (RSTAC), 1st Marine Division, use .50 caliber ammunition to fire the .50 caliber sniper rifle during RSTAC live fire training at Fort Irw... More

President Barack Obama describes the heroism of Army

President Barack Obama describes the heroism of Army

President Barack Obama describes the heroism of Army Spc. 4 Donald P. Sloat just before posthumously awarding him the Medal of Honor in the East Room of the White House, Sept. 15, 2014. Sloat distinguished hims... More

U.S. Soldiers, assigned to 173rd Airborne Brigaded,

U.S. Soldiers, assigned to 173rd Airborne Brigaded,

U.S. Soldiers, assigned to 173rd Airborne Brigaded, navigate through the woods during the European Best Sniper Squad Competition at the 7th Army Training Command Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 27, 20... More

A U.S. Marine, U.S. Soldier, and Spanish soldier secure

A U.S. Marine, U.S. Soldier, and Spanish soldier secure

A U.S. Marine, U.S. Soldier, and Spanish soldier secure the first floor of an abandoned building during exercise Long Precision 2019 in Navacerrada, Spain, June 11, 2019. U.S. Marine Corps snipers with Special ... More

U.S. Army Spc. Dwight Plowright, assigned to 1st Squadron,

U.S. Army Spc. Dwight Plowright, assigned to 1st Squadron,

U.S. Army Spc. Dwight Plowright, assigned to 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment (1-91 CAV), 173rd Airborne Brigade, applies camouflage face paint to prepare for a combined sniper exercise with the British Army... More

A U.S. Observer, right, assigned to 7th Army Training

A U.S. Observer, right, assigned to 7th Army Training

A U.S. Observer, right, assigned to 7th Army Training Command (7th ATC), briefs an Italian soldier during the European Best Sniper Squad Competition at the 7th ATC Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 25, ... More

British Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force

British Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force

British Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force and Belgium Air Force airmen participate in a Non-combative Evacuation Operation (NEO) as a culmination event Grant County International Airport, Wash., in su... More

A sniper of the 2nd Division, Republic of Korea Navy Marine Corps, aims his M16 rifle at a target during a live-fire exercise for Operation BEAR HUNT '84

A sniper of the 2nd Division, Republic of Korea Navy Marine Corps, aim...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BEAR HUNT '84 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: CPL S. T. Quade Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

Artwork: "Portrait of German Sniper Sharpshooter PFC Hortenek, 73D Infantry Division," 1944. Artist: Willy Herman. Catalog Number: G.W.1.3021.47. US Army Art Collection

Artwork: "Portrait of German Sniper Sharpshooter PFC Hortenek, 73D Inf...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Marine spots as a sniper prepares to fire a model 700 sniper rifle.  Both members of the sniper team are from Station Platoon 1/3

A Marine spots as a sniper prepares to fire a model 700 sniper rifle. ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Poahakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL M. Mendez Release Status: Release... More

A member of the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, sights in a target with a M-70 sniper's rifle during a training exercise

A member of the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, sights in a target with a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kanoku Training Area, Oahu State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL T.L. Russell Release Status: Re... More

A Marine sniper team member wearing a camouflage ghillie suit crosses a stream while on a training patrol at the Marine Corps Development and Education Command

A Marine sniper team member wearing a camouflage ghillie suit crosses ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Kenneth M. Dvorak Release Status: Released to P... More

A camouflaged Marine sniper aims his rifle as another looks for targets with binoculars at the Marine Corps Development and Education Command

A camouflaged Marine sniper aims his rifle as another looks for target...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL. Kenneth M. Dvorak Release S... More

A camouflaged member of the 51st Security Police Squadron aims his M-16 rifle as he plays the role of sniper during exercise Team Spirit '87

A camouflaged member of the 51st Security Police Squadron aims his M-1...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '87 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James R. Braun Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Students attach themselves to a special patrol insertion/extraction (SPIE) rig cord as it hangs from a helicopter during a training exercise at the Scout Sniper Instructor School

Students attach themselves to a special patrol insertion/extraction (S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL D.A. Haynes, Usmc Release Status: Released to P... More

Students at the Scout Sniper Instructor School move through the woods while on patrol during a field training exercise

Students at the Scout Sniper Instructor School move through the woods ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL D.A. Haynes, Usmc Release Status: Released to P... More

A student at the Scout Sniper Instructor School drinks from his canteen while on patrol during a field training exercise

A student at the Scout Sniper Instructor School drinks from his cantee...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL D.A. Haynes, Usmc Release Status: Released to P... More

Artwork: "To Flush a Sniper" Artist: Al Sprague Catalog Number: 15.5.90

Artwork: "To Flush a Sniper" Artist: Al Sprague Catalog Number: 15.5.9...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Trinidad-Tobago soldiers react to sniper fire while being harassed by a soldier roll playing a civilian. U.S. troops are conducted a Training program at Camp Santiago, Puerto Rico for coalition Caribbean forces. This training includes civil action, crowd control, first aid, and security operations. The soldiers were engaged in multiple cell urban patrol training. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Trinidad-Tobago soldiers react to sniper fire while being harassed by ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Santiago State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public ... More

A Kazakhstan Soldiers, members of company 5, sights through the PSO-1 telescope mounted atop his 7.62mm Dragunov sniper rifle during the counter-sniper portion of Situational Training Exercise-2 "military operations in urban terrain", part of Operation COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96 held at Camp Lejeune NC

A Kazakhstan Soldiers, members of company 5, sights through the PSO-1 ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (US... More

A sniper for the Provost Marshal's Office Special Response Team at Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB), Barstow, California trains with an unidentifiable sniper rifle at MCLB's rifle range

A sniper for the Provost Marshal's Office Special Response Team at Mar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usmc Logistics Base, Barstow State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Curtis L. Lambert, Usmc Civili... More

In full MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System), AIRMAN First Class Michel Winters, USAF, 31st Security Forces Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, takes aim with his Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle at a sniper in a mock town. As part of Ground Combat Skills (GCS) training, the mission scenario is to move in and occupy a mock village, restore order and allow for peaceful elections. GCS is a weeklong training regiment consisting of three days of classroom work and two days in the field where trainees receive instruction on land navigation, combat patrolling and field craft skills

In full MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System), AIRMAN Fi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: TSGT David J Ahlschwede, USAF Rel... More

US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) Emmett J. Mitchell, Deputy-Commander, Headquarters Air Force Security Forces Center, and CHIEF of the Force Protection Division, speaks during a Ceremony for the Close Precision Engagement Course, Sniper Students, at Camp Robinson, Little Rock Air Force Base (AFB), Arkansas

US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) Emmett J. Mitchell, Deputy-Commander...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Daina S. Seerey, USAF Releas... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines of Weapons Company (CO), 2nd Battalion (BN), 5th Marines (MAR) (2/5), Sniper Platoon (PLT) Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA), pose for a photo before crossing the Iraqi border during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In the background is an armored up M1045 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) with TOW (Tube-launched Optically-controlled Wireless-guided) Missile Carrier. (Substandard image)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines of Weapons Company (CO), 2nd Battalion ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL James P. Aguilar, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (LARB), 1ST Marine Division, use a 7.62mm M14 sniper rifle to disposal of landmines spotted along the Kuwait-Iraqi border, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Andrew P. Roufs, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Juan Vella (rear), Sniper, 1ST Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team-1 (RCT-1), maintains security with a 7.62 mm M40A1 sniper rifle and US Navy (USN) Hospitalman (HN) Clint Sprabary is his spotter in Al Shur, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Juan Vella (rear), Sniper...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Shur Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1 RCT Scene Camera Operator: CPL Mace M. Gratz, USMC Release Status: Released to Public C... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Matthew Dover, Scout Sniper, Headquarters and Service Company (H&S CO), 1ST Battalion, 24th Marines (1/24), Detroit, Michigan (MI), practices firing, with a 9 mm M9 Pistol, just outside An-Numaniyah Airfield (a.k.a. Three Rivers), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Matthew Dover, Scout Sniper, Hea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: An Nu' Maniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Alicia M. Anderson, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

Police Officers, Lieutenant (LT) Gary Glemboski (foreground), Savannah, Georgia (GA), Emergency Response Team, and Detective Mark Gunnoe, Garden City Police Department, Team Leader and Sniper, demonstrate tactics and techniques for entering a building in hostile conditions, for US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron Two Seven Three (MWSS-273), at the Georgia (GA) Air National Guard (ANG) Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), located in Savannah, GA, during Exercise Battlehog 1-04

Police Officers, Lieutenant (LT) Gary Glemboski (foreground), Savannah...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Crtc State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Amber Basgil Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

Team Leader and Sniper, Police Detective Mark Gunnoe, from the Garden City, Georgia (GA), Police Department, keeps a watchful eye on US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron Three One (MALS-31) and Marine Wing Support Squadron Two Seven Three (MWSS-273), as they prepare to fire their M9 9mm handguns from the kneeling position, on the Pistol Range at the Georgia (GA) Air National Guard (ANG) Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), located in Savannah, GA, during Exercise Battlehog 1-04

Team Leader and Sniper, Police Detective Mark Gunnoe, from the Garden ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Crtc State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Amber Basgil, USMC Release Status: Released to Publ... More

Dressed out in a gilly suit, a US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine sniper of 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment (2/2) sights in a Remington M40A3 sniper rifle on targets down range, as part of Military Operation in Urban Terrain (MOUT) during capabilities exercise (CAPEX). CAPEX are used to show general officers and dignitaries the capabilities of the combat units

Dressed out in a gilly suit, a US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine sniper of...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Justin Mason, USMC... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines set up a defensive perimeter outside of their barracks in attempt to take out the mock sniper, during the Fuji Incremental Training Program (FITP) 2004, held at Camp Fuji, Japan. FITP is a six-week training program involving Marine reservists with 2/25 and 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment. The program is designed to enhance their combat readiness and operational familiarization

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FUJI INCREMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAM (FITP) 2004 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Ca... More

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