Scout Sniper - Helicopter

Scout Sniper - helicopter
U.S. DoD photo by Staff SGT. Chance Haworth

A Scout Sniper with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit engages a floating target from inside a UH-1Y Viper helicopter during training.

This Scout Sniper is armed with a MK 11 Mod 0 7.62mm x 51mm semi-automatic medium sniper rifle.

A MEU's aviation combat element (ACE) may be used to support maritime interdiction operations such as those undertaken by the MEU's Maritime Raid Force (MRF).

Scout Snipers, in helicopters circling above a maritime objective such as a pirate-held ship, can provide overwatch as the assault element approaches and storms said objective.

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