'The Shock Factor': What it Takes to Be a Marine Corps Sniper Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email A soldier watches through the scope of a PGM heavy sniper rifle, near the Forward Operating Base Tora, in Surobi province on January 21, 2011. ( JOEL SAGET/AFP / Getty ) Produced by Mythili Rao and Arwa Gunja Produced by PRI and WNYC