Is it possible for an officer to be accepted onto the sniper cadre and or serve as a plt cmder of the s platoon?
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Category: Role Description
Date asked: Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Last reviewed: Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Daniel E.
Assistant Intelligence Officer
Hello and thank you for your question.
Its not possible for an Officer to be put onto the Sniper Cadre, the reason is that only a senior soldier can be in charge of the Sniper Platoon as the Platoon Commander.
I hope this helps answer your question?
-Danny
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
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