US Army Sniper Breaks Down His Field Combat Gear | Loadout

A US Army sniper breaks down every piece of gear the elite unit carries into the field, including weapons, field rations, and combat gear. Staff Sgt. Andrew Dominguez explains why each item is integral to a sniper's mission.
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US Army Sniper Breaks Down His Field Combat Gear | Loadout

[@jacobgirard3070]

That dude helped me so much through the course. Honestly was one of the best instructors

[@maxmitchell9693]

Same literally my favorite instructor.

[@J_D_B4379]

Is he the one that gave you the nickname Ferocious Enema?

[@frostbitepokin9520]

@@J_D_B4379 that’s his real name

[@nickhowatson4745]

@@frostbitepokin9520 take that over a 7.62 enema

[@Permatrip]

did he help you learn how to trickshot?

[@misterdavidov]

The way he says it and shows it, must mean he is a good instructor. Love the way he explains everything

[@nomorok15]

I love how happy he was to have his meatballs and marinara sauce with him. His smile over that is contagious.

[@alanburns8362]

It could be something as little as knowing you've always got your favorite MRE just in case that keeps you going.

[@lewisfuller7083]

@MAYOIS4INLINESKATERS More like hell. There’s a reason they are commonly called “Meals . Rejected . by Ethiopians” lmao.

[@commiesnzombies]

i was expecting some protein or suvrival bars, ramen or dehydrated food, a sidearm preferably with extended threaded barrel and suppressor .45 acp would be my choice, green and red smoke grenades, a gps, tape that has a camo cloth backing, comms headset with ptt, an mp5 or mp7 for med range engagements, and some non reflective camo paint on the tripod and scope

[@Funkteon]

@@commiesnzombies Likewise - I get the feeling he was briefed by seniors not to show off too much official gear setup...

[@Uknowjusticemill]

@@commiesnzombies I don't think he gets to just choose any weapon and setup he wants I'm sure he needs to pick from the pot

[@Honor.DreamsCODM]

Need him doing tutorials on how to slide and quick scope enemies

[@frankin2012]

😂😂😂

[@mustipunyaemail]

360 no scope.

[@1mmunity18]

@WhatApp ❶❺❼❶❸❾❷❾❻❾❼ shut up bot

[@1mmunity18]

P.S. it's a scam

[@timothyvu7006]

the no scope tho

[@Smile4CommunityCam]

Mans really just unpacked his entire apartment. Respect.

[@yahtadi5152]

Yea yea hats off

[@SenthilKumar-hk6kd]

Remembers me of Bob Lee swagger s speech after his analysis...

[@johne453]

Oh, we used to carry a lot more. He gave a weight range for his ruck of 35-65lb. On a good day, mine was 75lb. Heaviest I ever jumped with was 110lb.

[@tobynsaunders]

For the geography/ecology nerds among us: That environment was the American southeastern coastal plain.

[@HazeGreyAndUnderway]

Could also pass for an oak or pine savanna environment. Or glacial plain in the Midwest around the Great Lakes.

[@Lost_itt]

Considering this gentleman is an instructor at the sniper school down in Fort Benning, Georgia, I don't see any reason why they wouldn't be there. I certainly wouldn't classify it as a coastal plain, but its not far off. Not sure of the technical term, but I would call it the low hills.

[@billbrasky7540]

Most likely Ft Benning, GA

[@juntingiee2602]

AMOGUS? SUS?

[@milspeccress8864]

More commonly known as “Georgia”.

[@bluelineclapper2523]

Glad he broke character for a minute to talk about the meatballs. Seems like a really good humble dude. Thank you for your service.

[@jerichocruzado]

I appreciate that Insider is making sure people are more informed about firearms and less scared of them.

[@cheese515]

Very few people outside the US are gonna watch something like this unless they're interested in firearms, meaning it wont inform the ones who are scared of them.

[@soonerfrac4611]

Let the ignorant remain so.

[@kmizanfauzi7291]

tell that to the families of of school shooting victims in the states

[@chloehennessey6813]

@@kmizanfauzi7291 I survived one. But the firearms don’t scare me. Because I know they’re just a tool. It’s the person who wielded the guns that scared me. Without him the gun wouldn’t go anywhere or hurt anyone. You need a better line. I’m Gen Z and we’re catching on to your bullshit.

[@barrnycharlton8951]

@@chloehennessey6813 your right we thought the gun grew limbs and walked into schools and shot kids

[@kuhlenzo4410]

You always lear the most from these "kind of" instructors. Very chill, very professionell, pleasure to work with.

[@piplup10203854]

This is such an interesting topic to hear more on. The tools and everything required to take the necessary steps that lead up to a shot.

[@phcavi]

a kill

[@timothyward7381]

More recon than shooting

[@seumasnatuaighe]

Thanks for the breakdown of your equipment. Noticed that your rifle uses Accuracy International 308 magazines. They're the best for all 308 ammo less than 75mm. long. My AW came with four which I have HPBT in two and FMJ-SAP in the others for when you need to shoot into a vehicle.

[@kevindey2390]

Go squad leader!!!! I dig the little laugh after the MRE😂😂😂😂😂

[@chrishasyourkeys2808]

Thank you for your service brother

[@dauvone.5772]

Please make more load out videos like this

[@Bearzerk330]

For anyone curious. At the time of writing this, his KNIGHTS Armament AN/PVS-30 is aprox $15,000 US and his Storm-SLX is another $10,000 (depending on model).

[@rynanalextoysandtravel3166]

Nice video love to watch

[@irafowlerjr.7492]

Great and helpful info, thanks

[@findmeifyoucan]

Those sights alone probably cost more than my entire gun collection.

[@harshadevbarman]

I loved n enjoyed it a lot🔥🙏

[@felne7335]

mans got that overkill perk double snipe loadout what a sweat

[@sierratango1222]

For those wondering about his watch, he's wearing a Garmin Instinct Tactical, very popular watch among Service Members

[@pietroravazzi5272]

You're wrong buddy, it's not a Garmin Instinct Tactical

[@z0phi3l]

I'm probably wrong, but looks more like a Suunto watch, back in my day we just had G-Shocks

[@BlackMamba-lt8oe]

that a casio

[@javi9388]

i think it’s a garmin fenix

[@ravenks1sr15]

@@z0phi3l SUUNTOs are absolute trash. I've destroyed two of them on training rotations back 3 years ago. Whatever, I had REI dividend points so I didn't really pay as much as I could have been. Garmin and what you mentioned, G-Shocks are the way to go :)

[@jammbbs1688]

Loved this one

[@ajetmech2002]

Nice video Thank you.

[@jl3563]

My only question has always been 'how do you deal with ants, spiders snakes? you know, everything else that doesn't want you low-crawling in their environment?' RESPECT and thank you for your service.

[@vortx1945]

You don’t. Shit just happens

[@nicedurians]

There have been stories where the snipers were lying so still that snakes crawled over them

[@robertvaldez6909]

You just sit there and enjoy the ride!

[@ironfae]

“Just piss on yourself.” Apparently, it makes a good repellent. It’s also the best prank advice for the new guys. 😂😂😂

[@alan2165]

Highly depends on the situation, if you need to kill it, just snap it's neck or use your knife. If the animals are pretty chill then just enjoy their company.

[@SpamMouse]

More like this please.

[@badognobisc]

WOW! Great vid, times have changed!

[@pierremichel7987]

This was so cool thank you

[@oldmanpatriot1490]

I love my Kestrel.. Not cheap by any means but its a must have... Im just a precision novice and one thing I was turned on to from buddies, is the Accuracy first whiz wheel.. Analog ballistics calculator.. redundancy is a must

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

What is it with the multiple fullstops? One fullstop is perfectly sufficient.* The* next sentence then starts with a capital letter.

[@oldmanpatriot1490]

Because I worked with many Army personnel before,,,,,, and,,,, with their intellectual level,,,,, most times its a must to get a point across... you must be the acceptation..... a more likely scenario is you were trained well in english just like they trained a monkey to go into space... I wasnt aware the goober-ment was policing language now... you are perfect for the job.... I'll be sure to stay away from the fence line and fans while you are around.... @@einundsiebenziger5488

[@Olly07]

Thank you! Great episode. 011221

[@dickgenitalia1506]

Great job

[@andrewmacdonald8076]

Good video. Just the facts. No BS.

[@wildbanana5628]

Will he explain how to do a 360 no scope.

[@modmaliCrtzGang]

😂😂😂

[@bananasenpai]

The way the spotting scope clicks into the tripod :satisfying:

[@jamescopeland5358]

Great video

[@benscones9529]

I'm curious how much time would be spent changing clothes or setting any of this up. It would need to be done stealthily right? I'm pretty sure the smallest movements can be done over the course of hours for snipers.

[@albin123003]

Normally when they inflitrate, they would already get a sense of the environment and get changed. If they were already in a Ghille suit, they meant that they are going deep behind enemy lines, within enemy territories. They have been trained to brace all forms of elements. If it rains, it rains. You do not want to get caught and shot midway while changing. They would also normally change if they are far away from their intended target or have set up a parameter.

[@aarondrake3339]

On all of my stalks I had a known or suspected enemy position that I was moving to. During my mission planning, I would do a terrain analysis with a topographic map to determine how close I could get to the enemy position and still be unseen due to the terrain alone. This would give me an idea of where to set up my mission support site and cache my rucksack. From the MSS, I would move to the last cover and concealed position. Once there, I would pull out my ghillie suit and veg it up to match the local flora. So, depending on the terrain and vegetation, only the last couple hundred meters would I have my ghillie suit on. I'd say that it would take me about 30 minutes to camo up and get my ghillie prepped for the final portion of the stalk. As far as movement, if you can see the enemy first, you can quickly determine their blind spots and use them to approach relatively fast. I remember my last stalk, from the time we were dropped of a few miles away to when I moved into my final firing position was about 45 - 60 minutes. Unfortunately it wasn't as concealed as I hoped. So, over the course of about a hour, I cut branches off of some shrub oak and transplanted it on the other side of the tree where my shooting position was. I took my time, moving a branch about every ten minutes, mostly so that no drastic changes to my spot were suddenly made. Once I was done, I waited some more knowing that once I shot, a walker would be called within 10 meters of me, so I wanted that observer to get used to the bush that I had made. Fortunately, another sniper shot before I did which drew the observers attention to my spot. The other sniper was about 20 meters behind me and using the same line of fire. While the observers were able to talk the walker onto the other sniper, that meant that they scrutinized my area and didn't talk the walker onto my newly created bush (I was out of their line of sight behind a tree). After about 10 minutes, I moved into position and made the shot. The walker came over but the observers couldn't ID me. Eventually they asked the walker to put his flag on my head. Once he did, the observers radioed that it looked like he just put his flag on the ground. Throughout this, I was keeping near constant observation of the instructors so I knew when I could safely move. I was slow and smooth whenever any part of my body was within their line of sight but at the same time I was not impersonating Drax's "I am invisible because my movements are so slow as to be imperceptible." If I could see they were looking elsewhere, I could move from behind the tree and put in another branch. The trick was not to move fast enough that their peripheral vision could detect the movement and attract their attention to my location.

[@realsydney7327]

Fascinating. He is certainly well equipped.

[@antz6130]

Thank you for your service God bless guide and protect you All our troops

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

Your imaginary friend would have a much easier job protecting them if they stayed home to actually defend their country.

[@cburghart]

AWESOME!!!!

[@aldolammel]

Arma 3 editors (with ACE) very much appreciate it. Thanks.

[@mattfavaloro350]

Sir I have a couple of question sir. the metal clamps to help secure your Urban position when using the screens. Those specific clamps appear to be chromed or a very shiny metallic that could or would reflect the sunlight how would you implement those to make sure that that doesn't give away your position by the Sun reflecting off of it? Or were those clamps an example of what you would use but the actual one would be painted or coloured to suit your environment? Also you had two different tripods you work in a team with a spotter and a shooter would you both carry two tripods or could the members of your team that are for security when it's possible to send them with you be able to help disburse the load? Redundancy how important is that to a sniper team to have multiple of equipment that you would only really need one at a time well I guess the first that tripod you showed us could need two of those depending on your position and the terrain and your target possibly. I'm just curious. Sir thank you sir

[@blantant]

Awesome 👍

[@davidjohnston6929]

Good job my friend thanks for it service sir.

[@Jun-vu5sx]

Very cool.

[@alvintarrer6914]

Thank you sir 👍

[@josephcrook9921]

Meatballs in marinara sauce was one of my favorite MREs, too.

[@Bringthewinter]

All that cool gear and equipment, but I liked how he seemed most proud of his favorite MRE of Meatballs and Marinara Sauce. My man.

[@sheepdog1102]

Great advice! You need to send those water purifiers to the marines at camp Lejeune.

[@BarnyWaterg8]

Those water filtration systems are no joke. The one he pulled out is probably a 300 dollar filter but it works. MSR makes good quality stuff

[@spyratekodaks7494]

Anemometer is a Greek word and as most of the Greek words used in English it gives a hard time to those from other countries!! Anemos is the word for wind in Greek!! It's written άνεμος!!

[@oneshotonekill8176]

Beautiful 😍 Love your tattoos God loves the paper Beef stew is mine lol And I love the little bottle of tobacco

[@1anre]

How such a cool military video landed on the official Business Insider channel, I would be never understand, but whoever handles their KZbin account should just keep it up.

[@SenthilKumar-hk6kd]

Business insider got best videos on military as i had seen...

[@nokorus6035]

That m2010 is beautiful

[@Simotin]

Cool, really cool.

[@brandonbowman4707]

Good video

[@stangdriver8]

Meatball Marinara; send it! That MRE is… Dope! Heard that one B4?

[@theopinion9452]

I got that water filter,best ever.

[@jozefhorvat3625]

Nice video mate 👍👍👍

[@markbeasley5322]

Serious question. How much personalization can be done to the modern combat soldier's loadout before Ft. Leavenworth starts getting mentioned.

[@aarondrake3339]

It depends on the unit but most snipers are given a fairly free reign over their gear. So long as they can reasonably justify it, most commanders will accept the personalization.

[@condor3665]

Meatballs in marinara sauce is the best mre no question, glad to see he has good taste

[@user-qx5nk6qg2b]

Wild that as a former sniper in the 10th Mountain Division (2002-2006), our load out kit hasn’t evolved much. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Solid video.

[@davidsavage6227]

So grateful to our armed forces. Thank you!🙏🏻

[@bravocharlie639]

Isn't War Awesome? It's just SO Awesome! None of that "Peace" stuff for people, only War.

[@samdussia]

"A weathermometer?" Lol glad I watched till the end

[@benjohnston7222]

seems like an awesome dude

[@novaterra632]

If he's on operations, is he wearing the Ghillie over the helmet and plate carrier or is it either/or? Also, would he be loading the plate carrier with more mags of his sniper rifle or is he carrying mags for his spotter?

[@bassbinhauler552]

Another commenter said that on their sniper missions they wouldn't put the ghille suit on until like the last few hundred meters to the firing position. I imagine they would leave the helmet with their ruck cache

[@holdenmcgroin8699]

Saw the sniper shirt and i immediately knew he’s a sniper

[@williamzhu9160]

woah, no way?

[@alexchan235]

BAD AZZ! Love it!

[@rosen7965]

8:25 Id like to light up the runway with something from my personal collection....

[@ecrusch]

That is a lot of gear. But, if it comes down to really needing it, you'll be glad you lugged it along when the time comes. God bless our Sniper teams.

[@Vyzard]

Now I'm curious what's the load out for other terrains, like desert or snowy regions

[@williammitchell1864]

I LOVE that M2010 in .300 Winchester Magnum!

[@AJ_25]

I had to keep checking on my own posture throughout this video xD

[@HappyLifeSnowboarding]

Menu 8 by far the GOAT

[@Mike25654]

Do modern Ghillie suits also decrease the thermal signature of a soldier or are they still nicely visible on a thermal image?

[@ag4103]

no

[@jb76489]

“I don’t understand how thermal works” -Mike

[@Mike25654]

@@jb76489 I just wanted to confirm my assumption that Ghillie Suits like that are absolute nonsense when anyone can get a thermal for a few bucks and even most hunters carry one today. You'd need at least a reflective tarp or a small foxhole to disguise your signature I guess.

[@Mike25654]

@jamesbarrett918 I guess that the assumption that only using suits like that is useless nowadays was correct? Of course they wouldn't let us know what is used nowadaws.

[@superhero6297]

My old squad leader back in b-co 1-27 lol

[@MechAnonymous]

I would truly enjoy a loadout episode of a machanics toolbox army or air force of a fighter jet or taink maintainer

[@Indaback1]

I really hope if shit hits the fan your on my side, great load outs and skills.

[@mohamedelgaher3785]

Perfect

[@kamuelalee]

Very cool. A true professional of the American Armed Forces. 🇺🇸

[@southernstacker7315]

That was cool

[@japan8o826]

Yooo ssg domo 🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@mattwolfen]

Are the waffles comfortable? "They're okay..." Most honest thing he said in the whole video

[@TheCivilWarriorProj]

Bravo.

[@Sheepdog1314]

I have to take it down about 20 notches, but the squirrels fear me

[@user-lk9uc8gw3v]

ty

[@davidoftheforest3822]

Carlos Hathcock gear list: rifle, bullets, canteen, camo cream, jungle fatigues, boonies hat, one white feather

[@pro-seriesfabrication3810]

No shoutout on the AAC Titan on the XM2010 =( It's okay, they were still fun to make =)

[@blantant]

what tripod adapter is that?

[@technomadmn]

Informative video but why does Business Insider covering this?! I am a bit confused…

[@harelkatz3700]

i have a question... do snipers in the army or marines carry an assualt rifle in addition to their sniper rifle ?

[@MYZTICTRAVLER]

I enjoyed watching this and reading some of the comments/replies. I was wondering why he uses metal clamps with a highly reflective surface???? Especially since he must maintain low visibility/low detectability. I use plastic clamps which are totally black. They don't make noise like those metal clamps either. He could paint those metal clamps, or wrap them in black/camo tape.

[@dial0foroperator]

Because the clamps are behind the screen, usually behind the edges of whatever hole/window that is being screened.

[@sdqsdq6274]

lol most stuff is just for show , look at it , all shiny and never been used

[@JohnSmith-lj1vj]

What's on the sniper mirror? like the square box.

[@willapanews9761]

Camouflage misquote netting is another useful material to have.

[@rickrock9110]

Good ol Dom

[@jzfcycle7571]

nice

[@hawkensin]

What kinda watch you packin? 🤔

[@landon1349]

Nice

[@harrypalms1]

Love it. The clips need to be deshined

[@mrrrokas]

"Snippers need to keep a low profile", he says as he wears a sniper t-shirt haha

[@motivationbaychannel6891]

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.

[@fjb4932]

And tasted, slowly. ...

[@allthingstoallmen8912]

He so chill...but make no mistake, this guy will blast you from a mile out