How does the Army train soldiers for guerilla armed combat in cities and settlement they ’ve never see ? By building replicas of those villages , training a force out of false “ insurrectionist , ” and hiring actors to dwell the scenes . Welcome toFort Irwin , a 1,000 - square mile Army Base where many soldiers train before deploy oversea .
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Who plays the part of Ertebat Shar ’s “ insurgent army ? ” That ’s Blackhorse Regiment , a squad of 120 soldiers whose job is to render enemy to trainee . “ accord to [ Brigadier General Terry ] Ferrell , ” Manaugh write , “ their current persona as Afghan freedom fighter is widely begrudge : they receive specialized breeding ( for example , in building IEDs ) and are held to ‘ slim grooming standards , ’ while their mission is simply to ‘ stay live and wreak mayhem . ’ If they go bad during a NTC simulation , they have to shave and go back on detail on the base , Ferrell lend , so the incentive to evade their American opposition is strong . ”
The full read is well worth it , but a fussy note of interest is how Fort Irwin , for reverberate the nature of contemporary warfare , disagree dramatically from traditional grooming battlegrounds . Manaugh explains :
The power point of these architectural replication is no longer , as in the World War II tryout Village of Dugway , to obtain better or more effective methods of architectural destruction ; alternatively , these substitute buildings and village are used to equip scout troop to better pilot the complexity of urban structures — both strong-arm , and , perhaps most importantly , socio - cultural .
As the fight has changed , so has the field of battle . [ BLDGBLOG ]
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