The spotter must also be fully sniper qualified and trained to carry out the mission. The team receives an operation order, which explains its first mission or objective. The team must then plan its routes of movement and places for final firing positions. As they complete each objective, it receives another mission through its radio. For the entire four days, the sniper team is on the move, completing a series of missions.
Most snipers use the bolt-action, since it is extremely dependable, accurate, and simple to use.
Thus, it takes a special kind of person to be able to carry out sniper missions. Any consideration of the level of courage necessary for a sniper begins and ends with Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock. This particular stalk covered over 2000 meters of flat ground with nothing more than two feet high grass for cover and concealment. Carlos Hathcock crawled inches per minute and yards per hour for two days and three nights to cover a distance that could be walked by a man at normal speed in ten minutes. The entire time Hathcock was moving into his final firing position, enemy patrols were walking all around him.