The Hunter Of the U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Caleb Neff, Poses For a Portrait With His Sniper Rifle.
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“As a kid, it was something I wanted to do but I didn’t just join the Marine Corps to be a sniper,” said U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Caleb Neff, a Dayton, Ohio native, “but when the opportunity arose, I took it.” Among the inestimable slangs, acronyms, and backronyms, burrowed in every Marine’s general vocabulary there are two titles reserved just for Marines in a sniper platoon — ‘HOGs’ and ‘PIGs’.
A HOG is a Marine who has completed the Scout Sniper School and earned the title of a ‘Hunter of Gunmen’ whereas a ‘PIG’ is a ‘Professionally Instructed Gunman’ who is attached to a sniper platoon but not officially taught at the school. It is believed there is a bullet destined to end the life of every warrior, ‘a bullet with a name on it’. A warrior in possession of his bullet will prevent it from ever being fired, therefore becoming invincible.
Historically, a PIG would retrieve the last chambered round from his first ‘hunted gunmen’ in order to become a HOG. Now, Marines that graduate the Scout Sniper School are presented a ‘Hog’s Tooth’, a 7.62x51 NATO round, symbolizing their status. Now, dubbed as a HOG, Neff serves in a squad leader role with 3rd Battalion 4th Marines, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command; a force of roughly 2,500 Marines and Sailors equipped to respond rapidly to any crisis in the Middle-Eastern region by employing ground, aviation and logistics capabilities. “Hardest part is the pressure. Everyone looks up to you as soon as you pass school,” Neff said. “You gotta’ know a little about everything. You are the eyes and ears for the battalion.”
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As long U.S. forces are called to serve with the SPMAGTF-CR-CC, there is a need for skillsets like the ones Neff provides.
A HOG is a Marine who has completed the Scout Sniper School and earned the title of a ‘Hunter of Gunmen’ whereas a ‘PIG’ is a ‘Professionally Instructed Gunman’ who is attached to a sniper platoon but not officially taught at the school. It is believed there is a bullet destined to end the life of every warrior, ‘a bullet with a name on it’. A warrior in possession of his bullet will prevent it from ever being fired, therefore becoming invincible.
Historically, a PIG would retrieve the last chambered round from his first ‘hunted gunmen’ in order to become a HOG. Now, Marines that graduate the Scout Sniper School are presented a ‘Hog’s Tooth’, a 7.62x51 NATO round, symbolizing their status. Now, dubbed as a HOG, Neff serves in a squad leader role with 3rd Battalion 4th Marines, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command; a force of roughly 2,500 Marines and Sailors equipped to respond rapidly to any crisis in the Middle-Eastern region by employing ground, aviation and logistics capabilities. “Hardest part is the pressure. Everyone looks up to you as soon as you pass school,” Neff said. “You gotta’ know a little about everything. You are the eyes and ears for the battalion.”
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