The event puts sniper students through their paces and their ghillie suits to the test. A clean, fresh-looking ghillie suit could get the sniper killed in combat. Visit the Business section of ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Students at the US Army Sniper Course at Fort Benning learn essential skills in marksmanship and fieldcraft, including how to make a ghillie suit. Ghillie suits are ...

“Ghillie suits provide snipers that edge and flexibility to maintain a concealed position, which is partial to our trade,” said Staff Sgt. Ricky Labistre, a tester and sniper team leader with ...

A number of new ghillie suits were tested by the snipers, and Sgt. Bryce Fox, a sniper team leader with 2nd Battalion, 505th Infantry Regiment, explained how the improved suit is necessary in an ...

Four of the battalion's hopefuls participated in a ghillie suit wash; the practice of distressing their suits with dirt, brush, mud and water. Staff Sgt. Gary Rojas, the sniper section ...

U.S. Army uniform officials are working on a lightweight, modular ghillie suit for snipers to replace ... The FRGS was first fielded in 2012 at the Army Sniper School at Fort Benning, Georgia ...

Hidden in this burnt orange vegetation and green shrubbery lies a sniper, blending in with his surroundings, seconds from pulling the trigger. He's wearing a ghillie suit covered in loops ...

Michael Biza, a U.S. Army Sniper Course instructor with the 316th ... than just patterns on combat uniforms or snipers in ghillie suits. For instance, cover and concealment are obvious camouflage ...