Travel to Fort Benning, GA, where soldiers – fresh from basic training – are trained in marksmanship, intelligence gathering, camouflage and survival in a grueling 5-week program. These soldiers are the Top Guns from their units. They've been selected to enter one of the Army's most difficult training schools – sniper school!
Sniper school is part boot camp, survival school and psychological stress center. If these soldiers graduate, they will become part of one of the most elite groups of U.S. soldiers.

Among the world's best, the British Royal Marines have built on their noble traditions and the lessons of history to hone the skills of the sniper and place them in a proud global lineage.
The daring British Commandos, perfecting their use of camouflage and stalking, cleared the hedgerows at Normandy.
The Red Army Snipers of Russia, known for their patience and stealth, helped to break the siege of Stalingrad. Alongside the men of the Red Army, the little-known women snipers also proved themselves a force to be reckoned with.
While the tools, tactics and techniques have all evolved, the world-class sniper's courage and instinct span time.

United States Army snipers: They're the ultimate hunters in a deadly game where the quarry shoots back. Experts of stealth and stalking, they can kill with a single shot from nearly a mile, or creep within yards of an enemy target remaining virtually invisible.
These are the shooters the army turns to when the chips are down. Starting with the first American sniper during the Revolutionary War and ending with the newest snipers and latest technology at the U.S. Army Sniper School, these soldiers have become true masters of their craft.