Marines to eliminate scout sniper teams

[philip964]

https://nypost.com/2023/03/04/marine-co ... r-program/

Is the govt just stupid now?

Weren’t the Marines the first marine snipers?

[srothstein]

Is the govt just stupid now?

What do you mean "now"?

Weren’t the Marines the first marine snipers?

One of the first jobs some Marines were assigned was acting as sharpshooters from the rigging to defend the ship from boarders and to assist in boarding operations of enemy ships. The officers wear the quatrefoil on the top of their dress covers and this is generally attributed to being a way for those sharpshooters to identify their officers from above. This may not be accurate, according to the current USMC web page on historical significance of their emblems (I looked to find the proper name of the braid that I could not rememebr), but it was what I was taught by GySgt Taylor in History and Traditions classes at Quantico MCB.

[Paladin]

It's ok. We still have Admiral Levine

[oohrah]

Is the govt just stupid now?

What do you mean "now"?

Weren’t the Marines the first marine snipers?

One of the first jobs some Marines were assigned was acting as sharpshooters from the rigging to defend the ship from boarders and to assist in boarding operations of enemy ships. The officers wear the quatrefoil on the top of their dress covers and this is generally attributed to being a way for those sharpshooters to identify their officers from above. This may not be accurate, according to the current USMC web page on historical significance of their emblems (I looked to find the proper name of the braid that I could not rememebr), but it was what I was taught by GySgt Taylor in History and Traditions classes at Quantico MCB.

Your recollection is essentially correct. The quatrefoil is worn on Marine officers' barracks covers to this day, both service dress and blue dress.