More than camouflage, it’s a weapon of survival. For over a century, ghillie suits have turned snipers into shadows—and shadows into deadly threats. Mark Carney Wins Canadian Election ...

The event puts sniper students through their paces and their ghillie suits to the test. A clean, fresh-looking ghillie suit could get the sniper killed in combat. Visit the Business section of ...

Worn over the uniform, the ghillie suit is a fundamental camouflage tool that helps the sniper blend into the terrain. Even the design of the suit itself helps to prevent the sniper’s body shape ...

U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kissta DiGregorio 82nd Airborne Division sniper. Ghillie suits are also dangerous to the wearer in other ways. Plaster describes them as “like an old Christmas tree ...

A number of new ghillie suits were tested by the snipers, and Sgt. Bryce Fox, a sniper team leader with 2nd Battalion, 505th Infantry Regiment, explained how the improved suit is necessary in an ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Students at the US Army Sniper Course at Fort Benning learn essential skills in marksmanship and fieldcraft, including how to make a ghillie suit. Ghillie suits are ...

Four of the battalion's hopefuls participated in a ghillie suit wash; the practice of distressing their suits with dirt, brush, mud and water. Staff Sgt. Gary Rojas, the sniper section ...

U.S. Army uniform officials are working on a lightweight, modular ghillie suit for snipers to replace ... The FRGS was first fielded in 2012 at the Army Sniper School at Fort Benning, Georgia ...

To prepare for sniper school, Hay had to make her own ghillie suit, the full-body camouflage suit that snipers rely on to stay invisible while stalking a target. Snipers often spend dozens of ...

“Ghillie suits provide snipers that edge and flexibility to maintain a concealed position, which is partial to our trade,” said Staff Sgt. Ricky Labistre, a tester and sniper team leader with ...