Marine sniper veteran visits Ukraine to meet man behind 2,069-meter shot

Colby Barrett went to scout sniper school because that’s where his Marines were headed. Years later, that training took him to a front-line unit in northern Ukraine to shoot alongside one of the war’s most accomplished marksmen.

Barrett was commissioned through Navy ROTC in 2000 and spent four years leading infantry and scout sniper Marines from 2000 to 2004.

When most of his platoon headed…