![]() ![]() When he arrived in Vietnam, an officer yelled out: "Chuck Mawhinney! MOS 0311, rifleman! Lima 3/5." When he attempted to correct the officer, they said "the Corps doesn't need snipers! It needs grunts!" He then received an M16 rifle that he hated immensely and that jammed in combat.Īfter his first real firefight, during which he took control of an M60 machine gun after two gunners fell, he was informed that he would be a new machine gunner, a position he did not want anymore than he wanted his M16. CSOs are assigned to Marine Special Operations Teams (MSOT), Companies (MSOC), and Battalions (MSOB). By 1825, all Marine Officers carried the Mameluke Sword in recognition of this historic battlethe Marine Corps’ first on foreign soil. ![]() And not long after, he headed off to war. Marines designated CSOs are awarded MOS code 0372. Lt O’Bannon and his Marines marched across 600 miles of North African desert to rid the shores of Tripoli of pirates and rescue the kidnapped crew of the USS Philadelphia. He earned his scout sniper MOS, or military occupational specialty, 8541. In the program, he trained with his first sniper rifle, a Remington 700 with 3-9x Redfield scope, learned to record critical data on previous engagements (DOPE), and learned the ins and outs of camouflage, how to navigate anytime day or night, and how to find booby traps. Mawhinney qualified for entry into the Marine scout sniper course because he'd already earned distinction as an expert marksman. Mawhinney made his name as a scout sniper and skilled marksman, but that wasn't what he wanted when he joined the Marines, like his father before him, the book suggests. Though he has accepted his service and fame, some of the nightmares have never quite gone away. Jim Lindsay's "The Sniper," the first biography to explore Mawhinney's life and experiences in and out of war with his input, tells the story of a wild young man who found his calling in a horrible conflict he would later try, unsuccessfully, to leave behind. With 103 confirmed kills and hundreds more probable, Mawhinney is the deadliest sniper in Marine Corps history, a fact that ruffled some feathers when it first came to light decades after the end of the Vietnam War. It often indicates a user profile.Ĭhuck Mawhinney is a legend for the death he dealt in Vietnam as a sniper protecting his fellow Marines, but he might never have become one if it hadn't been for getting blackout drunk at the worst possible time and, later, faking a toothache to score a chance to join a sniper team, a new book has revealed. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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