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.
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.