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Rifleman · 08-11-2006, 00:49 AM

Lemontree,

I don't think you understood what I meant.

Before the Army had an official sniper program at Ft. Benning some units had in-house sniper schools. The program of instruction and quality varied. Some were full time and some were not.

My first day at the XVIII Airborne Corps AMTU Sniper School at Ft. Bragg the instructors informed us that we were in a five week sniper school, not an advanced marksmanship school. The difference, in the minds of my instructors, was that a true sniper school taught advanced marksmanship, fieldcraft, and employment. In other words you were training to be a manhunter in a military environment.

Some of the in-house "sniper schools" that popped up from time to time taught only advanced marksmanship. A sniper is an advanced marksman but not all advanced marksmen are snipers.

08-11-2006, 00:49 AM	#59 (permalink)
Rifleman *Military Professional* Join Date: 06-29-06 Location: The edge of the gene pool with a jug of Clorox Posts: 215	Lemontree, I don't think you understood what I meant. Before the Army had an official sniper program at Ft. Benning some units had in-house sniper schools. The program of instruction and quality varied. Some were full time and some were not. My first day at the XVIII Airborne Corps AMTU Sniper School at Ft. Bragg the instructors informed us that we were in a five week sniper school, not an advanced marksmanship school. The difference, in the minds of my instructors, was that a true sniper school taught advanced marksmanship, fieldcraft, and employment. In other words you were training to be a manhunter in a military environment. Some of the in-house "sniper schools" that popped up from time to time taught only advanced marksmanship. A sniper is an advanced marksman but not all advanced marksmen are snipers. __________________ "Aim small, miss small." - Benjamin Martin in The Patriot Last edited by Rifleman : 08-11-2006 at 00:59 AM.