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 ...

Almost immediately, the ghillie suit saw military application with the British Army during the Second Boer War (1899-1902).

At US military sniper schools, students spend several weeks crafting their ghillie suits before putting them to the test in a ritual known as the ghillie wash, which is about as far from a "wash ...

Insider spent two days at the US Army Sniper Course inside the Fort Benning military installation near ... Prospective snipers learn how to create ghillie suits, a type of camouflage clothing ...