MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif., -- Marines with Tango Battery, 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, hit a simulated improvised explosive device during a training exercise at the Mobile Immersion Trainer here, Nov. 14, 2013. The MIT is similar to the Infantry Immersion Trainer and trains Marines to operate under stressful conditions. Throughout the morning, the battery simulated operating out of a base and posted security while mock insurgents attempted to breach the area and formed riots. The artillerymen later conducted a logistics patrol and recovered a broken vehicle, countered an
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif., -- Marines with Tango Battery, 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, hit a simulated improvised explosive device during a training exercise at the Mobile Immersion Trainer here, Nov. 14, 2013. The MIT is similar to the Infantry Immersion Trainer and trains Marines to operate under stressful conditions. Throughout the morning, the battery simulated operating out of a base and posted security while mock insurgents attempted to breach the area and formed riots. The artillerymen later conducted a logistics patrol and recovered a broken vehicle, countered an IED and repelled enemy role-players during an ambush. Artillerymen overcome stress, fear during Mobile Immersion Trainer 131114-M-OM885-380
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