Marines who earn the lesser marksman and sharpshooter badges during rifle or pistol range qualification will get two more chances to hit the range. (Lance Cpl. Samwel Tabancay/Marine Corps ...

To pass the course, you must earn at least 190 points, which will qualify you to wear the Marine Corps marksmanship badge. To become a sharpshooter, you must earn at least 210 points. In order to ...

The Marine Corps has published new marksmanship guidelines, shifting how Marines are scored on their annual rifle qualifications and how those in the early stages of training are initially tested.

One enemy sharpshooter came dangerously close to ... the Korean War and continued during the Vietnam War. While the Marine Corps still uses heavy machine guns, its snipers generally do not.

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO ... if it passed the standards at any of the three acceptable levels of marksman, sharpshooter or expert. Now, for a prequalification score to be accepted, it must ...

The United States Marine Corps disbanded its elite and historic scout sniper program as part of its extensive revamp to adapt infantry battalions to future warfare. The age-old MOS (Military ...

The Marine Corps ordered a pause in flight operations following three crashes in the last six weeks, including Sunday’s incident in which an F-35B fighter jet went missing after the pilot ejected.

The Marine Corps is getting rid of its Scout Sniper Platoons as part of massive force structure changes, but Marine reconnaissance and special operations units will continue to have their own ...

Logan Sowell’s suicide in July 2021 is one of at least seven in the past five years involving the Marine Corps’ stable of drill instructors, according to military casualty reports obtained ...