Training for Combat Never Comes Close to the Real Thing, War Vets Say
He credits the simulation and live training he had with his weapon for his survival. But a sniper's reputation is built on his relationship with the units he supports, Tygart said. And his extensive training, which took him away to schoolhouse after schoolhouse, didn't afford him the time to become familiar with the unit and commander he was supporting the day he was shot. Tygart's story is just one of the blunt assessments being made by men and women back from deployments here at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference. Government and industry executives in attendance tell National Defense that they must listen to these accounts and incorporate the lessons learned from them into future systems. If their training deviates too much from what they have experienced while deployed, troops will lose interest or be ill-prepared for the next assignment, officials said. Arcelay received two weeks of training, when she should have received five, she said. She was taught how to handle detainees by instructors who had no experience doing so themselves. She had to learn how to serve food through a tiny slot in a cell door and perform “verbal judo” with enemy fighters who thrived on playing mind games with guards. She was given a dose of pepper spray so she could know the effect of the only weapon she would be able to use to keep prisoners from harming themselves or other guards. The lack of this knowledge probably got a fellow sniper shot in the helmet this past Valentine's Day while they were set up on a rooftop keeping an eye on a suspicious character. A bullet ripped through the fabric on his partner's Kevlar helmet, but no one was hurt. Still, the whole incident could have been much different if they had “eyes in the sky” that could tell them who and what was inside the building the man emerged from, Tygart said.Army Flight Trackers - News
However, when his unit first received blue-force tracker systems in their vehicles, they had no idea how to work them. “I got into my truck in Kuwait and saw this computer screen and didn't even know what the heck it was,” he said.
Army Times asked soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment, to evaluate the gear tested during the Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment in Fort Benning, Ga. Soldiers rated the gear on a
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And you've got all your high-tech equipment and your maps, and your course trackers, and we still felt lost. It's one of those feelings where it's pitch dark, and you know they're there and you don't know where you're at but they do,” he said.