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(typing)

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(multiple gunshots)

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- My name is Sergeant Brandon Choo.

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I'm the primary marksmanship instructor

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at Scout Sniper Instructor School.

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My job encompasses training
entry-level lieutenants

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to become Scout Sniper Platoon Commanders.

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I train the Scout Sniper advanced course,

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I train team leaders and Chief Scouts

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on advanced marksmanship techniques,

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as well as instructing
entry-level students

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on becoming a Scout Sniper.

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- You can get rid of that.

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You can go up being--

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- [Sgt. Choo] The hardest
thing for the students,

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I think, in this training,

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is the continued demand for
excellence at all times.

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Throughout the period of instruction,

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there's multiple evaluations

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that consist of ten graded events.

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An average score is taken
of those graded events,

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so if you early on don't do very well,

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by the time you get to the very end,

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your score won't be
able to pick up enough,

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so we're constantly demanding excellence

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out of these Marines,

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and it's something that's essential

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to becoming a Scout Sniper.

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(gunshot)

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- Right now what they're doing

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is trying to hone their skills

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on being able to look at a certain area,

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find the baseline of that area,

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and find the anomalies within that area.

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So, currently they're doing
an observation exercise

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where they're looking for
certain military items

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within a designated area.

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- Reset to where you were at.

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- Marine Scout Snipers are the eyes, ears,

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and trigger finger of
the Battalion Commander,

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so it's gonna be our job,

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it's our duty to conduct
ground reconnaissance.

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In a way, we differ from
other reconnaissance elements.

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We conduct what's considered
short-range reconnaissance.

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So, that means we have to move

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within the enemy's threat ring.

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So, every time I go out on patrol,

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I might be asked to go where
the enemy can effectively

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engage me with his weapon systems,

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and because of the nature
of that type of mission,

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I have to be able to move
covertly and clandestine

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into his area of operation so I can report

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on his activities, his
composition, his disposition,

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to my commander.

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And my commander can then
take that, and he can

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bring it forth on the battlefield.

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(multiple gunshots)

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(gun reloading)

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- [Man] Did you align with
the top left eye sight?

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On the top left edge?

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- [Man] Yeah.

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- These Marines are gonna go
off and be the guardian angels

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for incoming units.

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They're going to paint a
picture for that unit prior to

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going into a specific battle zone,

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kinda giving them an advantage,

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taking away that fog
of war, to some extent,

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because they're not gonna go in blindly.

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- [Sgt. Choo] I think
the most rewarding moment

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as an instructor is
when a student tells me

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that I've taught them something.

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It doesn't matter what it
is, like how big or small.

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I know that I'm doing
my job if he's learning,

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if he grasps a new concept,

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if he takes it back to the fleet.

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Even if he's not successful
at Scout's Sniper School,

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he still can take that
skill set back to his unit,

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and he can pass that
skill set on, and for me,

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I just wanna help increase the
lethality across the force.

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So, anytime that a
student learns something

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that helps him kill the enemy,

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or maintain his survivability
on the battlefield,

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that's what's rewarding to me,

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and it feels good when a student tells me,

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"Hey, thank you, Sergeant,
for teaching me that.

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It really helped me out".