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Marine Corps under fire for eliminating elite scout sniper platoons from infantry battalions: 'Misguided'
Fox News ^ | 3/1/2023 | Greg Norman

Posted on 03/01/2023 9:31:03 AM PST by antidemoncrat

The criticism from the USMC Scout Sniper Association comes after Marine Corps leadership issued a memo ordering "immediate transition of Scout Sniper Platoons to Scout Platoons" as part of the Force Design 2030 plan to restructure how the branch operates.

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KEYWORDS: marinecorps; military; snipers
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Hey, give Austin a break. He is just trying to make it easier for our military to surrender if we get engaged in a war.
1 posted on 03/01/2023 9:31:03 AM PST by antidemoncrat
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To: antidemoncrat

The enemy hollows us out from within.


2 posted on 03/01/2023 9:32:15 AM PST by Ge0ffrey
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To: antidemoncrat

Hey, it’s just not right to blow someone’s head off without knowing their pronouns.


3 posted on 03/01/2023 9:37:11 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: antidemoncrat

As long as they don’t offend the enemy by using non-preferred pronouns, what difference does it make?


4 posted on 03/01/2023 9:37:27 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Ge0ffrey

And the POS was elected twice and now a 3rd time.


5 posted on 03/01/2023 9:38:00 AM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: antidemoncrat

Bring on the Chinese, and the Russians!!


6 posted on 03/01/2023 9:38:17 AM PST by JonPreston
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To: antidemoncrat

Not sure I disagree with this but I’m no authority. Do you really need an entire platoon of snipers? Couldn’t a scout platoon have a couple of squads of snipers and designated marksmen among its ranks? Perhaps some vets could chime in here.


7 posted on 03/01/2023 9:39:19 AM PST by circlecity
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They couldn’t reduce standards sufficient to allow women to qualify for duty in the platoon....


8 posted on 03/01/2023 9:46:30 AM PST by G Larry ( "woke" means 'stupid enough to fall for the promotion of every human weakness into a virtue')
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To: antidemoncrat

I was trying to track down the rationale behind this and, from what I can tell, they’re not getting rid of scout snipers but getting rid of the separate division and rolling that into general platoon training.

But it still seems it’s one more thing they want to get rid of that represented proud American, independent service over the past decade.


9 posted on 03/01/2023 9:54:08 AM PST by Skywise
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To: antidemoncrat

What next? will the Marines be required to wear lipstick, dresses and wigs? Where will biden take this great fighting force next?

How much more can he humiliate this country?

What’s the plan, joe? make us miserable, cold and hungry so we depend on government and vote democrat? Or are you trying to provoke marches in the streets by the good guys so that you can plant fbi agents, turn the marches violent, justifying reprisals against the good guys?


10 posted on 03/01/2023 9:59:38 AM PST by I want the USA back (News media and democrats are pond scum. My pronouns: Haha, heehee, hoho, hoo hoo. )
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Replace with a new Poofter Squad


11 posted on 03/01/2023 9:59:51 AM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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I’d give it even odds as to whether the military is used to defend the country or attack its own citizens. At this point your average conservative doesn’t have much of a rooting interest here.


12 posted on 03/01/2023 10:02:44 AM PST by grumpygresh (Civil disobedience by non-compliance; jury and state nullification. )
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To: antidemoncrat
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” - Abraham Lincoln

Biblically speaking, when a nation is under God’s judgment it is unable to make rational decisions and judgments.
13 posted on 03/01/2023 10:04:17 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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I’m keeping mine....


14 posted on 03/01/2023 10:09:14 AM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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Just a rhetorical question. If future wars will be fought by drones and AI, are traditional combat roles needed?

Then again ghillie suits may not be available in maternity styles or rainbow hues.

15 posted on 03/01/2023 10:13:01 AM PST by buckalfa (Gut feelings are your guardian angels)
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To: Skywise

I’ve yet to see anyone screaming about this show me why an elite scout platoon containing snipers and designated marksmen may not be preferable to an entire scout platoon of snipers? I certainly can imagine a rationale for this but I’m not a vet and can’t opine one way or the other.


16 posted on 03/01/2023 10:17:24 AM PST by circlecity
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To: antidemoncrat
Hmmm.

Sir, I am putting in my resignation. Sir, you don't want me in your battalion, you want Ophrah Winfrey.

17 posted on 03/01/2023 10:21:39 AM PST by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell..)
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To: Ge0ffrey

Maybe Milley was not satisfied with Sniper Platoons training from CRT and other woke programs.


18 posted on 03/01/2023 10:22:29 AM PST by chopperk ( )
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To: antidemoncrat

Without tanks and only a few landing craft, the Marines are essentially just another light infantry and may as well be rolled into the Army.


19 posted on 03/01/2023 10:23:11 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: circlecity

In the Canadian infantry, everyone is a marksman. There’s recce platoon for sniping etc. So not every platoon will have snipers and the gear, but depending on he mission you could get a sniper det attached to you.


20 posted on 03/01/2023 10:27:25 AM PST by Bulwyf (Why? )
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