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 ...

Army sets sights on new sniper camouflage. Defense Specialist Allison Barrie on how 3,000 US military snipers will soon become even more deadly to the enemy, thanks to new ghillie suit camouflage ...

Hidden in this burnt orange vegetation and green shrubbery lies a sniper, blending in with his surroundings, seconds from pulling the trigger. He's wearing a ghillie suit covered in loops, which ...

FORT BELVOIR, Va. -- The Army is looking for an improved ghillie suit to replace the flame-resistant, camouflage suit now worn by snipers to keep them from being seen by the enemy.

Ghillie suits typically do not shield the wearer from detection via thermal imaging, ... Hidden beneath twigs and weeds, a sniper’s stomach is flat on the ground, ...

A 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry, soldier practices camouflage, cover and concealment with the Flame Resistant Ghillie Suit, or FRGS, during training at Fort A.P. Hill, Va., in November 2012.

The art of staying hidden is about so much more than just visually blending in. We spoke with a U.S. Army Sniper Course instructor to learn about the three pillars of military camouflage.

A southern black racer snake slithers across the barrel of junior U.S. Army National Guard sniper Pfc. William Snyder's rifle as he practices woodland stalking in a camouflaged ghillie suit during ...

The U.S. Army is on the verge of testing new specialized suits designed to let snipers approach their targets while blending in with their surroundings. The new improved ghillie system (IGS) will ...

If you watched Act of Valor over the weekend (and I’m guessing most of you did, unless your deployment location, work schedule or Household 6 prevented it) then you saw some of the SEALs rocking ...