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As the need for qualified snipers increases, the Army increasingly sends the school to the troops. Prior to their deployment to Iraq, the 3rd Bde., 2nd Inf. Div. had a mobile training team from Fort Benning come to Fort Lewis to train their snipers.
Class 702-06 started with 24 Soldiers, but after 377 hours of instruction 17 remained. The graduates qualified with the M24 and M107, learned sniper marksmanship, stalking techniques, range estimation, target detection, identification and construction of hide positions, and other field craft that keeps the sniper ahead of the enemy.
Pfc. Ross Garner, left, and Pfc. Ray Henderson, both of HHC 2 nd Bn, 3rd Inf., engage a 400 meter target on Range 22 during the basic sniper course being taught by cadre from Ft. Benning.
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