Tim Parkhurst News Today

The Marine Corps is cutting infantry battalions’ scout sniper platoons and replacing them with scout platoons.

The Marine Corps’ controversial decision to scrap scout sniper platoons “came from the ground up."

Instead of scout sniper platoons, infantry battalions will have scout platoons.

As the Marines Corps modernizes and adapts for future warfare, giving infantry battalions more information-gathering capability is more necessary than giving them standalone scout sniper platoons, service officials said.

On March 17, the USMC Scout Sniper Association will hold its 13th annual raffle, with the prize being a clone of the Vietnam-era Winchester Model 70 sniper rifle.