The last eight Marines graduated from the course that trains scout snipers — an elite role the Marine Corps has scrapped as part of broader changes to the force. Eight Marines graduated from the last ...

The Marine Corps sniper community is seeking honor their community’s fallen via a new war memorial. Members of the USMC Scout Sniper Heritage Foundation have a long-term plan, design and are raising ...

The Marine Corps has deemed a new sniper rifle fully operational a year ahead of schedule, providing troops with a weapon that is expected to give reconnaissance and infantry units the ability to ...

The US Marine Corps’ deadliest sniper, Charles “Chuck” Mawhinney, who went nearly two decades avoiding any recognition for his kill record until it was revealed in a book, has died. Mawhinney died at ...

The Marine Corps has officially hit full operational capability on its new sniper rifle a year ahead of schedule. The Corps chose the Mk22 Mod 0 Advanced Sniper Rifle, manufactured by Barrett Firearms ...

That count also makes him the deadliest sniper of the entire Vietnam War. For many years, Mawhinney did not boast or make public his record of confirmed kills. He didn't even go into detail with those ...

The United States Marine Corps relies on its highly specialized Scout Snipers, rigorously trained in the most discreet and subtle art of warfare. The Marine Corps Scout Sniper Course School focuses on ...

The Oregon Senate and House of Representatives have both passed a resolution honoring the late Charles “Chuck” Mawhinney, the longtime Baker City resident who holds the Marine Corps records for ...

Addressing a widely circulated claim about the 2021 Abbey Gate bombing, a new investigation found that a man whom Marine Scout Snipers were denied permission to shoot was not the suicide bomber who ...

Chuck Mawhinney, the Camp Pendleton Marine who became the deadliest sniper in the corps’ history while serving in the Vietnam War, died on Monday at his home in Baker City, Oregon. He was 75. The ...