Marine Corps Scout Snipers VS Army Snipers

The Army and Marines both have snipers, but they have more differences than you might think!

The most obvious difference is the type of schooling they each go through. The Army school is about five weeks, while the Marines have to endure almost 12 weeks of schooling that is preceded by a three-week screener course.

Marines appear to focus more on weeding people out who mentally and physically can’t make it as a sniper and a scout. Even if these Marines that drop out are excellent shooters, the Marines seem to prefer tougher, smarter troops over deadlier shots. Army training on the other hand, tends to focus much more on marksmanship than weeding out the weak.

The difference between the two schools comes from the different mission sets. Marine snipers perform reconnaissance and sniping missions. They typically deploy on the battlefield alone in groups of up to four to scout ahead of the main force in addition to taking out targets. Army snipers tend to focus just on the shooting aspect of the job and make scouting a secondary mission set.

#themilitaryshow

[FlarkusChunswen]

Army: we're gonna focus on shooting. That's what we do here. We hit targets.

Marines: Day 7, still in bush. Found snake. Killed snake. Named snake Ronnie. Going to miss Ronnie.

[ketaminefrog]

Basically the Marine Snipers are meant for long recon ops separated from conventional infantry and support, the army snipers focus on actively assisting troops in combat

[EricDaMAJ]

I knew an Army sniper and a Marine sniper in the National Guard. They were buddies and got along quite well. They told me that after long discussion they agreed Marine Sniper training was the best. However, the Marines figured you were "one and done" after the training and rarely, if ever, did follow on training. Army snipers did lots of follow on training so the training they had - which was still very good - tended to stay fresh.

[xdjrockstarx]

There is always that back and forth of which branch is better. They don’t realize that each branch has their own mission

[Oliveria]

The schools are more different because in a conventional war the two branches have distinct roles.

[kanyeedigit]

These cgi models are going to haunt my nightmares for the rest of my life

[ericlittle]

When I was younger I used to go to an arcade in Daytona Beach . Two of the attendants that worked there one served as a marine and the other in the Navy. One day they came out of the head together. Marine said they taught us to wash our hands after take a piss . Navy guy responded they taught us in the Navy not to piss on ourselves. I almost pissed myself laughing 😂😂😂... Always loved the bantering between the two of them quite entertaining. In times of war they all become unified and our brothers-in-arms all serve their deadly purpose with precision.

[jensenguillory]

Great video! This just randomly came up as I was scrolling, but some of the marine course footage was shot by myself and a few others during for our final video project in AIT almost three years ago. Super dope to see it being used.

[bequiet]

Navy : *Sniping with Tomahawk Missiles*
Air force : Sniper ? what kinda Stone age tools is that ?

[ThornEternal]

This is the most accurate explanation of the differences between the two that I’ve seen in a YouTube video.
The Army frequently out shoots us in direct shooting competitions between our Snipers.
Like you said. The Marine Scout Snipers prioritize the Scout part, and will go on long independent missions often without a direct line of support.

[gleebgoob]

The first 7 weeks of the marine corps training is teaching them to read

[SC-ghgd]

"Soldier how did you get that close to me?"
"Sniper approached the instructor by being a stinking bastard Sergeant Major." - Tuco

[kdburner]

imagine trying to snipe from a moving boat lmao

[FunningRast]

11 of those weeks are spent figuring out what color crayons they’ll be taking for snacks.

[geem]

Have you seen the Marines recon program? Now that shit is tough. First week weeds out most participants.

[gujwdhufjijjpo]

The army has units dedicated to scouting. That’s why snipers don’t hold this role alone. Usually these units have snipers in them.

[fischerusarmy]

I call cap! Those extra weeks are for Marine advanced crayon eating classes.

[rbkfan]

Both the marine and army sniper are very capable, even with their differences

[NguyenHuynh-wisv]

From the aspect of an Aussie, great big respects to Murican troops, army or marines. In general all hostile defensive personnel, you're all tough nutters. You all deserve a cookie! And more! <3

[ec]

Marines are meant to be tenacious and independent. They have to be able to keep themselves alive alone for extended periods sometimes, specifically scouts. Army snipers work like the rest of the army, keep up numbers and lethality. They function in groups with support. All that matters is that they hit shots and fall in line, relatively speaking.