Military personnel and Interior Ministry officer complete six-week sniper training

Instructors from Joint Special Operations Command delivered six weeks of sniper training for personnel from the Bulgarian Land Forces and Bulgarian Navy and one officer from the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Defence said. The exact dates and location of the course, as well as the total number of participants, were not specified.

What the sniper training involved

The course prepared snipers for a range of missions through training in tactics, shooting and camouflage. The terrain used for the training tested participants’ endurance and adaptability. Training also took place in varied weather conditions.

At the end of the course, the skills acquired were tested through complex practical tasks. The ministry describes the training environment as being as close as possible to real operational conditions and cites the final tasks as evidence of readiness to operate in a complex tactical environment.

The combination of shooting, camouflage and tactics distinguishes the course from a standalone shooting exercise: it tests not only accuracy but also the ability to apply knowledge in different conditions. However, the announcement contains no assessment criteria or specific results that would allow a measurable assessment of the readiness achieved.

Course aims to bring standards into closer alignment

The Ministry of Defence describes the course as a further step towards standardising training and improving interoperability between the armed services and security organisations in Bulgaria.

Its practical value lies in personnel from different institutions training together under the same instructors. This creates conditions for bringing approaches to specialist training into closer alignment. However, participation in a single course does not in itself mean that common procedures have already been introduced across all units that sent trainees.