This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Staff Sgt. Phillip Cho, a US Army sniper in the 11th Airborne Division based in Alaska. It's been edited for length and clarity. What I've ...

Before they become snipers, all students must graduate from the US Army Sniper Course, a seven-week program that teaches soldiers from the Army and National Guard essential skills in fieldcraft ...

US military snipers have to be able to make the hard shots, the seemingly impossible shots. They have to be able to push themselves and their weapons. Staff Sgt. Hunter Bernius, a veteran Marine ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Students at the US Army Sniper Course at Fort Benning learn essential skills in marksmanship and fieldcraft, including how to make a ghillie suit. Ghillie suits are ...

US Army sharpshooters recently field tested a new, more accurate sniper rifle out west, where these top marksman fired thousands of rounds and even when waged simulated warfare in force-on-force ...

“(Army special operations ... If you look back, we had a big committee of instructors, but only four of us shot sniper competitions and long-range shooting competitions.” ...

That count made him not only the deadliest sniper of the Vietnam War ... Aside from a legacy of service to the United States, the Marine Corps and the Forest Service, Chuck Mawhinney leaves ...