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Sniper students add natural camouflage to their ghillie suits during one of the Sniper Course's MTT events in Baumholder, Germany (circa 2012). The U.S. Army Sniper Course trains selected military members assigned to sniper positions in the skills necessary to deliver long-range precision fire and the collection of battlefield information.
This is a list of current formations of the United States Army, which is constantly changing as the Army changes its structure over time. Due to the nature of those changes, specifically the restructuring of brigades into autonomous modular brigades, debate has arisen as to whether brigades are units or formations; for the purposes of this list, brigades are currently excluded.
This unit was deactivated in September 2008, its former troops becoming part of the 2nd Battalion, 137th Regiment (Combined Arms Battalion). 2-137 INF was renamed 1-635 Armor in October 2020. 713th Cavalry Regiment (South Carolina Army National Guard) Constituted 1973, redesignated 202nd Cavalry 1991. Troop B active 1974–1991. [35] [19]
The first British sniper unit began life as the Lovat Scouts, a Scottish Highland regiment formed in 1899, that earned high praise during the Second Boer War (1899–1902). [9] [page needed] The unit was formed by Lord Lovat and reported to an American, Major Frederick Russell Burnham, the British Army Chief of Scouts under Lord Roberts ...
Palsar 7 – the 7th Armored Brigade reconnaissance unit. Palsar 401 – the 401st Brigade reconnaissance unit. Palsar 188 – the 188th Armored Brigade reconnaissance unit. (Reserve) Reserve Brigades Reconnaissance Companies; Combat Engineer Corps Battalion Recon/Scout Platoons; Unit Yahalom (Generally referred to as a commando unit) Sayeret Yael
Cavalry units Squadron CAB Division Location Notes 6th Cavalry: 1st Heavy Attack Reconnaissance Squadron: 1st Combat Aviation Brigade: 1st Infantry Division: Marshall Army Airfield, Fort Riley, Kansas "The Fighting Sixth" 2nd Squadron: 25th Combat Aviation Brigade: 25th Infantry Division: Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii "Lightning Horse"
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RSTA units are a part of the Army-wide transfer to brigade combat teams, all combat divisions and separate brigades are transitioning to the RSTA format, the Reconnaissance & Surveillance Squadron is a specialized unit within the US Army's new Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (BfSB) that blends ground cavalry troops with an elite Long Range ...