Before the Vietnam War, there was no Sniper training program in the U.S. Army. The first organized sniper training program was established in 1961 in Hawaii in the U.S. Marine Corps. The U.S. Army ...

It's been less than a year after the Marine Corps's first new sniper rifle since the Vietnam War hit full operational capacity, and the service is already on the hunt for a brand new sniper system ...

The Marine Corps has officially hit full operational capability on its new sniper rifle a year ahead ... round and was first fielded during the Vietnam War. The A6 model began fielding in 2016.