I- Scout Sniper Basic Course isuka endaweni yayo yangaphambili e-3rd Marine Regiment eya kwi-MCB eHawaii, e-Kaneohe Bay's Regimental Schools, ukuze iqeqeshe izinja zikaDeveli ze-3rd Marine Division ngokuphumelelayo.
Isikole manje sesizothola izimali zayo kusukela esisekelweni futhi sivumela ezinye amagatsha eziMpi eziMpi ukuba eze esikoleni se-10-week-long.
"I- Marine Corps inesimiso esihle kunazo zonke emhlabeni," kusho uGunnery Sgt.
URichard Tisdale, isikhulu esingasebenzi esiphethe iSikole saseScout Sniper. "I-sniper idinga ukuqeqeshwa ngendlela engcono kakhulu ngoba kungenzeka ukuthi ikulungele ngaso sonke isikhathi," kuchaza.
"Ngenxa yemvelo yomsebenzi we-sniper, kumele baqeqeshwe ngokwengqondo nangokomzimba ukuze baqhubekele phambili ngokuzimela phambili kwezikhundla ezinobungane empini."
Isikole seScout Sniper sihlanganisile amaMarines avela ku-3rd Marine Division kanye namasosha avela kwi-Army's 25th Infantry Division egcekeni leSchofield Barracks, kanye namaNavy Seals avela ku-Navy Seal Delivery Team 1 esiseFrance Island.
Esikhathini esidlule, isikole siqeqeshwe kuphela amaMarines ngombutho.
"Sifunda ukuthi singasebenzisa kanjani abasebenzisa izikhali, indlela yokusebenzisa izikhali, sisebenzise izicucu kanye namasu okuthutha," kusho i-Army Spc. UJoshua Garrison, i-sniper eneKomkhulu, i-1st Bn., 27th Infantry Regiment, i-25th Infantry Division. "Amasosha angakwazi ukufunda okufunwa yiyunithi yabo, kodwa ukuba abe nemfucumfucu afanelekile, kufanele afike esikoleni.
"Lesi sikole siyaqhubeka nokujula kunokuthi yiziphi amayunithi ezifundisayo mayelana namasu ayisisekelo, izikhali, ukufihla nokutholwa," kusho uGarrison.
Inkambo ihlehlisiwe ibe yizigaba ezintathu. Owokuqala uhilela ukuhamba komhlaba nokubeka uphawu lokumaka. Phakathi nalesi sigaba, abaqeqesha izinhlamvu zomlilo ezinqoleni ezide kanye nezifundo ezingaziwa zebanga lokufundela ibanga.
Isigaba sesibili sihlanganisa amasu okulandelela, amakhono emasimini kanye nokubiza izingcingo zomlilo. Okokugcina kufaka konke okuvela ekukhulumisaneni kuya ekusebenzeni kokuhlola.
"Uma abantu abaningi becabanga ngomsindo, bacabanga ngomuntu oshaya abantu ngokungahleliwe," kusho uTisdale. "I-sniper ikhetha into yakhe kanye nemililo phezu kwayo. Ukumaketha kubumba amaphesenti ayishumi nje kuphela okuba yi-sniper.
"Siqeqesha abashayeli bethu ukuba babe nesineke futhi balinde ithuba elihle lokushisa lapho kulindeleke khona ukusekela umsebenzi," kusho uTisdale. "Babekwazi ukulala endaweni engapheli izinsuku ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba badonsa umkhankaso futhi bahlanganyele ekuhlosweni."
Amasosha namanye amalungu enkonzo ahlangene nama-Marines, ngakho-ke angakwazi ukweqa isitimela, futhi ngesikhathi esisodwa, ugcine amaMarines ezinzwaneni zawo ngomncintiswano wokuqeqeshwa elinye igatsha leziMpi.
Inkambo ye- Marine sniper ifundiswa kabili ngonyaka, futhi ububanzi bungasetshenziselwa ukuqeqesha okuqhubekayo nanoma yikuphi ukucela amayunithi e-sniper kulo lonke unyaka.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi kuyinto enhle kakhulu," kusho uGarrison. "Uzobona ukuthi ezinye izinsizakalo zisebenza kanjani, futhi zizobona ukuthi usebenza kanjani futhi."