Scout Sniper - Helicopter
U.S. DoD photo by Staff SGT. Chance Haworth
A Scout Sniper with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit engages a floating target from inside a UH-1Y Viper helicopter during training.
This Scout Sniper is armed with a MK 11 Mod 0 7.62mm x 51mm semi-automatic medium sniper rifle.
A MEU's aviation combat element (ACE) may be used to support maritime interdiction operations such as those undertaken by the MEU's Maritime Raid Force (MRF).
Scout Snipers, in helicopters circling above a maritime objective such as a pirate-held ship, can provide overwatch as the assault element approaches and storms said objective.
