The Army has officially selected a fresh optic to go with its brand new Precision Sniper Rifle.. Oregon-based sightmaker Leupold will furnish the service with its Mark 5HD 5-25×56 rifle scope to ...

But now, she’s the Army’s first female active duty sniper. “A close friend of mine told me I’d never make it in the Army, and there’s no way I could become a sniper,” Hay said.

The M24 was the primary sniper rifle of the U.S. Army from 1988 until the 2010s, but has been replaced by the M2010 and M110, faster firing semi-automatic sniper rifles with greater range.

U.S. Army Sgt. Maciel Hay, a cavalry scout with 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, poses for a photo after graduating sniper school at Fort Moore, Ga., Nov. 3, 2023.

The U.S. Army school graduated its first active-duty female sniper in November, the Army recently announced. Sgt. Maciel Hay, a cavalry scout with the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Europe, was one of s… ...

(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 ...

In One Image The Sniper’s Nest By Ivor Prickett and Peter Robins This is the commander of a sniper team in the Sudanese Army. His targets, members of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, are ...

Used by the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, snipers fulfill a specialized role in military operations. Their primary function is to engage high-value targets across significant distances, and from ...

U.S. Army Sgt. Maciel Hay, a cavalry scout with the 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment (1-91 CAV), 173rd Airborne Brigade grew up in Rocklin, California shooting mostly rifles and handguns.