if i am in the scout/sniper area in the marine corp, can i choose whether i am a

[ghost]

scout or a shooter? if not, how do they pick people two different jobs perse when they go into the same training?

[Gottbaum]

Skills and intelligence...inside payments and timing.
Destiny, the devil reasons like a man, but gods use faith
to settle destiny.

[CarlosTheHoosier]

Each member of a scout/sniper team is both a scout and a sniper. The senior man on the team would decide who takes the shot.

[te144]

You'll go where needed, particularly if you get higher scores on your tests.

[glennmearns]

i would presume you get trained in both. so you can do both. you would get observed,by more experienced in the field. on the day you may not have choice.

[iQ Fitness]

If you're looking for a career with choices joining the military is probably the wrong path... They say things like your preference will be noted but unit needs will always come first.

[tmcs1959]

Scout Sniper, (MOS 0317, formerly 8541) is a specialist in the United States Marine Corps whose mission is to deny the enemy freedom of movement by neutralizing enemy leaders, crew-served weapons operators, radiomen, observers, messengers, and other key personnel with single, well-aimed shots.

In addition, scout snipers also provide close reconnaissance and surveillance to the infantry battalion. Scout Snipers attached to Marine infantry battalions fall under the Surveillance and Target Acquisition units, usually a reduced platoon with the headquarters company.

Scout/Sniper also refers to a member of a U.S. Army Reconnaissance platoon's sniper section; though unlike the Marine position, this is not a designated MOS but rather a position denoted on the individual unit's MTOE.

Scout/Snipers are typically found in the Recon Platoon of the infantry Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), or interspersed into Reconnaissance, Surveillance, Target Acquisition (RSTA) squadrons and troops.

Surveillance and Target Acquisition or S.T.A, (pronounced "stay") snipers were United States Marine Corps units used primarily for information-gathering.

Taking out hard targets and enemy personnel was not their main priority, although it was a secondary option.

Typically, each STA team had two members, the team leader equipped with a long-range, specially-made sniper rifle such as the M40 and a high-power spotting scope.

The other team member would be equipped with an SASR (Special Application Scoped Rifle), usually in the .50 caliber class such as the M82A1, to give commanders the option of taking out heavy equipment or heavily armored targets. This type of team could be effective at a range of up to 1.25 miles if the environment was right.

They would be part of a Scout Sniper Platoon (SSP) that would have 8-10 of these teams, some of which would be specially suited for night operations and fully capable of operating in complete darkness through use of specially made night vision scopes and infrared laser equipment.

The United States Marine Corps has officially phased out the name "Surveillance and Target Acquisition," and now uses the more generic phrase "Scout Sniper Platoon."