Luckily I have some fantastic readers (a few beyond belief assholes too, but we'll ignore those fuckers for a bit) that are still connected and able to get us information we want and NEED!
This is one of those cases.
A reader of this blog, who I won't stick out by naming him, has found out why the current Sniper School is shutting its doors.
It boils down to the horrendous washout rate. If you didn't know it Sniper School has a washout rate that's higher than 50%. I believe its much higher than 50%. Believe it or not its not the shooting that gets people slammed, its the stalking phase.
But forget me, this is what the reader that won't be named said...
I asked a buddy of mine about this, he said he reached out to some guys at SOI, who will be creating a new Scout Marine course. Some of this is the side-effects have having a terrible washout rate from the Scout Sniper school. I can see it both ways, on one hand it's important to maintain standards. On the other, if your school isn't putting enough training personnel into the force with the capabilities needed, whats the point?
Like the gent said. Maintaining standards is important, but if you aren't generating enough trained personnel then is the juice worth the squeeze?
