[ken5050]

Thanks for gently chiding the unknowing..forgive them, for they know NOT what they say.....(g)

Question...anyone know what is the Corp's policy on awards for the spotter?..It's a two-man team...the spotter is eqially exposed..hanging out there..sometimes longer, and more vulnerable, than the sniper...and feeling naked with a scope rather than a rifle..

[Chieftain]

anyone know what is the Corp's policy on awards for the spotter?

Dunno the answer to that one. I do know that a Bronze Star with V device for an enlisted Marine doesn't happen every often. I think I actually saw one awarded to someone I knew in my 22 year career, (1970 -1992). (Hanoi Kerry would have been a one ribbon wonder if here were in the Marines, but then again, he would have never made it through OCS/TBS!)

[papertyger]

..It's a two-man team...the spotter is eqially exposed..hanging out there..sometimes longer, and more vulnerable, than the sniper...and feeling naked with a scope rather than a rifle..

I think I understand your point, but I've never heard of counter-spotting if you catch my drift.