But add the $1,000 bounty the Viet Cong placed on the heads of Sgt. Tom Casey and his 5th Marine Regimental Sniper Platoon, and living through another day seemed like a miracle. "We only lost ...

But according to MARCORSYSCOM, a scout sniper platoon with the “Darkhorse” 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines have been enjoying the Mk13 for “more than a year” — and according to the system’s ...

Ben McCullar of Third Battalion, Second Marines, would insert with his eight-man sniper team into the berms and dunes north of the volatile town of Musa Qala. Sometimes they would fire at a group ...

He trained to become a scout sniper at Camp Pendleton instead, and was sent to Vietnam in April 1968 with the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment -- as a rifleman. Despite his training, Mawhinney ...