Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conduct medical evacuation techniques inside the Camp Pendleton Infantry Immersion Trainer, April 7. The 32,000-square-foot military urban training facility was recently changed from a simulated Iraqi village to a replica of the Afghan village, Now Zad.
The most advanced combat simulator within the Department of Defense (DOD) no longer resembles the streets of Iraq.
Camp Pendleton’s 32,000-square-foot Infantry Immersion Trainer was recently redesigned to resemble the Afghan village of Now Zad.
Headquarters Marine Corps officials made the decision March 15, to change the training environment to better suit the Corps’ focus on Operation Enduring Freedom.
“The ITT is designed to inoculate deploying Marines with the sights, sounds, and smells of a gun battle, so that their first real fire fight is no worse than his last simulation,” said Retired...
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