US Marines Scout Sniper Skull With Jungle Boonie Hat and Crossed Rifles T-Shirt. Scout Snipers in Marine infantry battalions belong to the infantry battalion's Scout Sniper Platoon (SSP), usually within the Headquarters and Service (H&S) Company or Weapons Company. In military operations, reconnaissance or scouting is the exploration outside an area occupied by friendly forces to gain information about natural features and other activities in the area. The design consists of a combat skull with a jungle boonie hat and crossed marines sniper rifles with the words USMC, 0317 Scout Sniper. death from afar. One shot, one kill leatherneck.