Scout Sniper - Black Hawk
U.S.M. C. photo by Cpl. Austin Long
A platoon sergeant with Scout Sniper Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, prepares to fire a M110 SASS 7.62mm x 51mm semit-automatic sniper rifle from inside a Black Hawk helicopter.
Scout snipers undergo aerial sniper training to prepare them for deployment with a Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), where they may be called on to support Visit Board Search and Seizure (VBSS) operations.
Perched with a sniper rifle rigged in the cabin doorway of a circling helicopter, scout snipers provide overwatch as other MEU elements carry out maritime interdiction tasks.
