Where Marine Snipers are Born [Discovery]
Video (19 minutes)
“There are fewer than 300 active snipers in the entire US Marine Corps. Surviving this course means entrance into a very small, very elite group…”
A Marine Sharpshooter Explains Why American Snipers Are Not Cowards [Business Insider]
Article (6 minutes) – Matt Victoriano
“As a Marine Scout/Sniper, my training went well beyond simply pulling the trigger while hiding in some bushes. Shooting and concealment were only part of the training. Making fast, life-and-death decisions in very difficult scenarios was another…”
How Bradley Cooper Transformed Himself into Chris Kyle, ‘American Sniper’ [The Washington Post]
Article (7 minutes) – Elahe Izadi
“He actually proved himself to be really good. The second day, in the morning, he went out there and was consistently hitting 800-yard targets the size of a teacup. So he took to it pretty quickly…”
The 5 Most Impossible Sniper Shots Ever Made [Cracked]
Article (11 minutes) – Xavier Jackson & James Benoist
“His judgment led him to aim the shot 56 feet to the left and 38 feet high, which is another way of saying Hughes pointed his gun in a totally unrelated goddamn direction…”
TIL Sniper Bullets Can Travel So Far That the Rotation of the Earth Will Move the Target [Reddit]
Conversation (5+ minutes) – Mike Ross
“It’s the Coriolis Effect*, which is pretty minor when you just look at shots traveling a few miles, so let’s ramp things up to much longer shots to exaggerate the effect…”
*And more on the Coriolis Effect…
This Intense Training Course Makes US Marine Scout Snipers the Deadliest Shots on Earth [Business Insider]
Articles (13 minutes) – Geoffrey Ingersoll & Robert Johnson
“The Marine Scout Sniper school is the most elite military sniper school on earth. It is also one of the toughest special operations courses in the US Military…”
*Subscriber Spotlight: Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley, News Editor @ CNN
Thanks for reading,
Joe Howard
