Johnathan Taylor served as a scout sniper in the United States Marine Corps. He is now the president of the USMC Scout Sniper Association.

From Reuters: COMBAT OUTPOST PIRTLE-KING, Afghanistan - U.S. Staff-Sergeant Joshua Danison cranes his neck to survey jagged ridges vertical and black above him on the eastern edge of Afghanistan ...

To put the record into perspective, British sniper Craig Harrison made history in 2009 when he hit a target in Afghanistan at 8,120 feet — about 1.5 miles. That shot, however, was made in open ...