Though her childhood nickname was “Sniper,” there was no guarantee that’s what Army Sgt. Maciel Hay would become. “I grew up shooting, mostly rifles and handguns, on my family’s ranches in Rocklin, ...

US Army Special Operations Command hosted its annual international sniper competition in March. The competition includes US and foreign military snipers as well as law-enforcement marksmen. Since ...

For decades, the limits of infantry combat were defined by how far a rifle could realistically reach. Then a handful of ...

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. -- The Army awarded a $49.9 million five year contract to Barrett Firearms Manufacturing Inc., Murfreesboro, Tenn. Monday, Mar. 30, to acquire the MK22 Multi-role Adaptive ...

(Gray News) – A woman is being celebrated by the U.S. military for being the first active-duty female Army sniper. U.S. Army Sgt. Maciel Hay defied the odds by making it through training while ...

I’ve always had a fascination with the weaponry created during WWII for early special operations and intelligence troops. Most of my focus has been on the American armaments, but recently the weapons.

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 ...

Back to U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa VICENZA, Italy — A close friend told her there was no way she could do it. She would not make it in the Army, and there was even less chance of ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Sergeant Brian Kremer of the United States Army killed an ...

An angry man with a grudge and a rifle takes an open position on the third floor of a parking garage and shoots close to a dozen policemen pulling duty at a peaceful demonstration. The police and the ...

From the trenches of World War I to the dense urban battlegrounds of contemporary conflicts, snipers have played a decisive role in shaping military engagements. These elite marksmen, once viewed as ...