SNIPER/OBSERVER

The Introduction Sniper Course is a 10-day course designed to teach novice sniper students the basic skills needed to conduct Sniper/Observer duties in support of small unit operations. The course focuses on two main areas of instruction sniper marksmanship and fieldcraft. The course consists of in-depth instruction on marksmanship fundamentals, unknown distance shooting, moving target engagement, ballistics, and limited visibility engagement. While building those skills, and then focuses on fieldcraft, which consists of in-depth instruction on range estimation, target detection, stalking, photography, information reporting and hide site construction.