FORT BENNING, Ga. -- As part of the next phase of an ongoing international partnership between Fort Benning and the German military, a German soldier recently trained American Soldiers on sniper craft ...

They shoot targets from concealed positions, or distances that exceed the capabilities of regular law enforcement. They have specialized training with distinctive high-powered weapons and make ...

FORT STEWART, Ga. -- Soldiers of Troops C and D, 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, conducted sniper rifle training with a focus on basic ...

At their most basic function, snipers throughout history have been used to create “dilemmas for opposing commanders,” Brig. Gen. Larry Burris, the commandant of the Army Infantry School, said last ...

Staff Sgt. Phillip Cho is a sniper for the Army's 11th Airborne Division in Alaska. Cho said that while movies mainly focus on precision marksmanship, there's much more to sniping. Movies often don't ...

A U.S. Marine Corps scout sniper candidate with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, adjusts his sights during a live-fire exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground ...

FORT HOOD, TX (KTRK) -- Police departments all over our country are using military-style training, so we traveled to Fort Hood, the largest active duty armored post in the United States Armed Services ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spc. Divenson Willis, a scout from 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, provides security with the Mk22 Precision Sniper Rifle.

WASHINGTON — For all the debate surrounding the movie American Sniper, few people know the moral choices involved in the job better than those trained to pull the trigger. "His job is to strike a ...

The city’s Department of Correction has not trained its officers on how to use the $250,000 worth of sniper rifles it purchased a year ago, according to records obtained by Gothamist. “The MP5 and M10 ...