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Who says it's cold? The soldiers from the south-east Asian country and their fellow marines from Kaneho Bay, Hawaii, dive in the snow as if they were on a beach. Daily Mail
How Marines Train For An Enemy Like North Korea -- Popular Mechanics
The days when the Pentagon focused on fighting insurgents are gone. At a training ground way out in the California desert, U.S. Marines prepare for the threat of a more modern enemy: so-called "near peers" such as Iran and North Korea that can bring 20th-century weapons to bear. PM was on hand to see the Marines practice coming up against tanks, armored personnel carriers, and antiaircraft missiles.
Tanks, F/A-18s, artillery, armored vehicles, and MV-22 tiltrotor Ospreys: Just another day of live-fire training at the Marine Corps' Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, Calif. PM was there to observe—at close range—the climax of the second-ever Integrated Training Exercise (ITX), a training event meant to prepare 800 Marines for deployment.
Unlike earlier training exercises, the Marines' imaginary enemies at the ITX are not insurgent infantry with rocket propelled grenades and roadside bombs. Instead, late last year the training personnel here set up a scenario in which Marines oppose battle tanks, mechanized infantry, and antiaircraft missiles.
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WNU Editor: For some great pics on joint U.S. - South Korean winter military training .... go here. More pics here.
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