Dutch Royal Marines Sergeant Jeroen and Corporal Bart took part in the Advanced Sniper Course from the 10th till the 16th of April, and for their performance received the Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal. The training took place at the 9-Mile Training Centre in Texas. There was fierce competition from the USMC, Rangers, FBI en SWAT. During this competition they had to use US gear and weapons (M40 chambered to 7.62mm). During the competition they were judged at firing from a helicoptre, psitol shoot, live stalking, angled shot and the performance during the final excercise.
The Dutch team was Best Team, the shooter and spotter both Best Shooter and Best Sniper.
Way to go guys!
Congrats to the Dutch team!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenGreetings
Peter
Great to here and good on them.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenMy dad lead the US Air Force team in the mind 90s to victory in the UK. I will see if I can find an article on it.