No matter which country's uniform Soldiers wear, the challenges they face and the triumphs they enjoy are often the same. Long hours spent in formation. Weeks spent in training, listening intently to learn about the dangers they'll face in war. The nerves of standing at attention while a First Sergeant looks them over. The pride of getting pinned with an award by a commander.
From back, Maj. Gen. Robert Brown, Col. Walter Piatt and Command Sgt. Maj. Steven McCaflin of the Maneuver Center of Excellence and Infantry School at Ft. Benning, Ga., watch snipers from the Bundeswehr at the German Infantry Academy in Hammelburg, Germany. The U.S. command team's visit was part of an exhibition of recent graduations of both U.S. and German Soldiers from the school's sniper course.
During their time in the military most service members will become familiar with a specific group of weapons, and fire these same weapons year after year, to maintain and improve their marksmanship skills with these weapons.