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End of an era: The last class of Marine Scout Snipers graduates on Dec. 15
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Leroy N. Soetoro
Nov 25, 2023, 1:34:54 PM11/25/23
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The last class of Marine Scout Snipers is scheduled to graduate on Dec.
15, marking the end of the 0317 MOS and a long tradition of producing some
of the deadliest snipers on the battlefield.
The last HOGs night will take place the night before, aboard Camp Geiger
in North Carolina.
Marine scout sniper candidates are initially called Professionally
Instructed Gunmen, or PIGs, but once they graduate from the course, they
are called Hunters of Gunmen, or HOGs.
The HOGs night, a tradition for all scout sniper graduates including
legends like Carlos Hathcock and Charles "Chuck" Mawhinney, is where scout
snipers gather around a bonfire to receive their HOGs tooth, a 7.62 bullet
on a 550 chord necklace. The right of passage is traditionally attended by
Scout Snipers past and present.
Jonathan Taylor is the executive vice president and COO of the USMC Scout
Sniper Association. He served as a Scout Sniper from 2006 to 2013,
deploying three times to Iraq and once to Afghanistan. He’s helped put
together the HOGs night for years, helping to attract celebrity guest
speakers and getting invites out to as many scout snipers as possible.
“It’s usually just a smaller group with the graduates and then a few, you
know, a few stragglers here or there. This one is scheduled to be big,”
Taylor said. “We're already getting emails from people. I think they are
planning for 50 at the HOGs night, but that's just off the top of the head
of the staff NCOIC. I would say it's closer to 60 to 70.”
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The night will include a pig roast and goodbyes — for now — to the Scout
Sniper course and MOS. Celebrity guest speakers like Naked and Afraid star
Justin Governale and Cody Alford, former Scout Sniper and Marine Raider,
will attend the last HOGs night and graduation the following day.
“It's definitely a bittersweet event,” Taylor said. “But, you know, the
Scout Sniper program is going away. We don't know how long it's going to
be gone for, but this will be the last one for the time being.”
Logan Stark, a former Marine Scout Sniper who deployed to Okinawa, Japan;
and Sangin, Afghanistan, acknowledged that though there are mixed
emotions, he’s confident that with the current state of the world, this
won’t be the last we’ve seen of the Scout Snipers. He pointed out that the
Marine Scout Sniper course has come and gone multiple times since the
first course took place in 1918.
"I think that there's very much a break in case of emergency mentality for
Scout Snipers right now," Stark said. "I think that if all of a sudden the
warfare landscape switched dramatically overnight, I think we would see
the program brought back immediately. But, who knows."
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The last class of Marine Scout Snipers is scheduled to graduate on Dec.
15, marking the end of the 0317 MOS and a long tradition of producing some
of the deadliest snipers on the battlefield.
The last HOGs night will take place the night before, aboard Camp Geiger
in North Carolina.
Marine scout sniper candidates are initially called Professionally
Instructed Gunmen, or PIGs, but once they graduate from the course, they
are called Hunters of Gunmen, or HOGs.
The HOGs night, a tradition for all scout sniper graduates including
legends like Carlos Hathcock and Charles "Chuck" Mawhinney, is where scout
snipers gather around a bonfire to receive their HOGs tooth, a 7.62 bullet
on a 550 chord necklace. The right of passage is traditionally attended by
Scout Snipers past and present.
Jonathan Taylor is the executive vice president and COO of the USMC Scout
Sniper Association. He served as a Scout Sniper from 2006 to 2013,
deploying three times to Iraq and once to Afghanistan. He’s helped put
together the HOGs night for years, helping to attract celebrity guest
speakers and getting invites out to as many scout snipers as possible.
“It’s usually just a smaller group with the graduates and then a few, you
know, a few stragglers here or there. This one is scheduled to be big,”
Taylor said. “We're already getting emails from people. I think they are
planning for 50 at the HOGs night, but that's just off the top of the head
of the staff NCOIC. I would say it's closer to 60 to 70.”
Subscribe to Task & Purpose Today. Get the latest military news and
culture in your inbox daily.
The night will include a pig roast and goodbyes — for now — to the Scout
Sniper course and MOS. Celebrity guest speakers like Naked and Afraid star
Justin Governale and Cody Alford, former Scout Sniper and Marine Raider,
will attend the last HOGs night and graduation the following day.
“It's definitely a bittersweet event,” Taylor said. “But, you know, the
Scout Sniper program is going away. We don't know how long it's going to
be gone for, but this will be the last one for the time being.”
Logan Stark, a former Marine Scout Sniper who deployed to Okinawa, Japan;
and Sangin, Afghanistan, acknowledged that though there are mixed
emotions, he’s confident that with the current state of the world, this
won’t be the last we’ve seen of the Scout Snipers. He pointed out that the
Marine Scout Sniper course has come and gone multiple times since the
first course took place in 1918.
"I think that there's very much a break in case of emergency mentality for
Scout Snipers right now," Stark said. "I think that if all of a sudden the
warfare landscape switched dramatically overnight, I think we would see
the program brought back immediately. But, who knows."
--
We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
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Nov 25, 2023, 2:55:18 PM11/25/23
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On 11/25/23 10:34, Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:
> https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/end-of-an-era-the-last-class-of-marine-
> scout-snipers-graduates-on-dec-15/ar-AA1kjJ63
>
> The last class of Marine Scout Snipers is scheduled to graduate on Dec.
> 15, marking the end of the 0317 MOS and a long tradition of producing some
> of the deadliest snipers on the battlefield >
I have heard that story before! I bet it is re-invented.--
> https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/end-of-an-era-the-last-class-of-marine-
> scout-snipers-graduates-on-dec-15/ar-AA1kjJ63
>
> The last class of Marine Scout Snipers is scheduled to graduate on Dec.
> 15, marking the end of the 0317 MOS and a long tradition of producing some
> of the deadliest snipers on the battlefield >
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