Scout Sniper Basic Course
The Scout Sniper Basic Course or SSBC is considered to be one of the hardest schools in the Marine Corps. Attrition is normally around 60%, but can be much higher. There are currently four different school houses in the Marine Corps that offer the Scout Sniper Basic Course.
- School of Infantry (West), Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California
- Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
- Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia (This is considered to be the most difficult and challenging school.)
- Marine Corps Base Hawaii
In 2009, a major change in curriculum occurred with the Scout Sniper Basic Course (SSBC) and it was shortened from the traditional 10 week course to a 81⁄2 week course. This was done concurrently with the removal of the Advanced Course and the addition of the Team Leader Course of 4 weeks. This reduction of 11⁄2 weeks is because of the removal of the course's mission planning phase and the addition of this curriculum to the Team Leader Course. Missions are still conducted during the course's last week, but are now not a major part of curriculum. In 2010, a new curriculum was introduced, with shooting as the course's primary focus and stalking a secondary focus. The new course is now 121⁄2 weeks long. It is no longer called the Scout Sniper Basic Course, but instead Scout Sniper Course, because of the new and extremely difficult shooting qualifications. It is no longer considered basic. There are 9 straight weeks of shooting qualifications, before the majority of field training.
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