Marines Ss Symbol
Gabrielle chapin a spokeswoman at camp pendleton.
Marines ss symbol. The us marine corps has confirmed that a sniper team in afghanistan posed for a photograph in front of a flag with a logo resembling that of the notorious nazi ss. Use of the ss symbol is not. The symbol was meant to identify the marines as.
In february 2012 u s. Marine scout snipers are no different and for years the unofficial logo was dual lightning bolts most often associated with the nazi waffen ss symbol. The marines believed the ss symbol was meant to represent sniper scouts and never intended to be associated with a racist organization said maj.
By dan lamothe marine corps times. 10 february 12 arine corps scout snipers used the logo of the notorious nazi ss organization while in afghanistan in 2010 the service acknowledged thursday. Us marines posed with nazi ss symbol in afghanistan.
Media reported that marine scout snipers had been using the double sig rune ϟϟ ss in its armanen form to symbolize their function since at least the 1980s. The same stylized double rune was the symbol of the ss the nazi organization that was instrumental in conducting the holocaust strong media criticism of this practice ensued. The marine corps on thursday once again did damage control after a photograph surfaced of a sniper team in afghanistan posing in front of a flag with a symbol resembling the notorious nazi ss a.
I had the honor and privilege of becoming a marine scout sniper and later a scout sniper instructor. Upton said the marines in the photograph on an internet blog are no longer with the unit they were. A us marine sniper unit in afghanistan posed in september 2010 in front of a flag resembling the nazi era ss logo the marine corps confirms.
