Tag: Sniper

Catch up on all the reports from around the world and at home that came out of SOFREP this week, November 30th – December 6th.

Belgian Special Forces sniper teams fire upon long-range targets from an elevated shooting range at the High Angle Sniper Course, Austria.

Cpl. Brady Rick, a sniper with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) Amphibious Raid Force, sights in with an M110 semi-automatic sniper system.

“What in the hell is this,” I asked when I first saw the Axeon Second Zero. I won’t lie; I first thought this was some snake oil being advertised. The Second Zero was advertising that a simple lens could be placed in front of your optic and immediately change your zero from a 100 yard […]

Bolt-action vs. Semi-auto There is an ongoing debate as to whether someone should purchase a semi-automatic rifle or a bolt-action rifle for long-range precision shooting. There are a few key variances in both which make them very different, and probably contribute to the wide divergence in opinion. Typically, the bolt-action precision rifle is considered more accurate than a semi automatic. However, this depends […]

Women and men are becoming more integrated across the Department of Defense (DoD), particularly in the regular infantry, which is a reversal of the traditional structure throughout the U.S. military’s history. Women can do amazing things. They have graduated from Ranger School; passed the excruciating Marine Corps Basic Reconnaissance Course; and now graduated from the […]

1. Warrior, Assassin, Spy “There is another type of warfare—new in its intensity, ancient in its origin—war by guerrillas, subversives, insurgents, assassins; war by ambush instead of by combat, by infiltration instead of aggression, seeking victory by eroding and exhausting the enemy instead of engaging him.” — President John F. Kennedy A few miles off […]

A Cypriot operator assigned to the Special Operations Company of the Cypriot National Guard — not an equivalent of the U.S. National Guard — during a military parade. He is carrying an FN SCAR–H TPR (Tactical Precision Rifle). This rifle has been based on SOCOM’s MK-20 SSR. 

In a recent installment of the SOFREP series, “Inside the Team Room,” host Aaron “Rad” Radl sat down with former Navy SEAL sniper instructors Brandon Webb and Charlie Melton to talk training, combat, and their transition into civilian life. After leaving service, Melton made headlines a few years ago when he led a team of […]

Finding and utilizing both cover and concealment are fundamental lessons for any war fighter, and both are pounded into the brains of Marines through recruit training and the School of Infantry, but snipers take these fundamental lessons to the next level. Traditionally speaking, cover is a term used to describe things you can hide behind […]

“The 21st Century is ushering in a tremendous shift in training methodology and technology implementation in the asymmetric battle field.  The modern day sniper is evolving with this shift and turning into one of the most effective tools in the inventory.”-Brandon Webb, Former SEAL Sniper Course Manager. “How do you know where you’re going if you […]

After only reading the list once, I was able to remember and recite every digit of every phone number that all 30 of my sniper students gave me before I taught them how to do the same. It would seem like I must have had a photographic memory, though, if that were the case, it […]