Shaffer
08-06-02, 09:18 AM
The Marines who stormed ashore at Iwo Jima in World War II trained for the invasion on a mile-long stretch of Camp Pendleton called Red Beach.
One of the Marine Corps' maxims is "We train as we must fight." Marines must replicate the modern battlefield with realistic training. That was possible in 1944. But in 2002, the threat of encroachment is eroding our nation's ability to provide realistic combat training for our military forces.
<http://www.nctimes.net/news/2002/20020801/62558.html>
One of the Marine Corps' maxims is "We train as we must fight." Marines must replicate the modern battlefield with realistic training. That was possible in 1944. But in 2002, the threat of encroachment is eroding our nation's ability to provide realistic combat training for our military forces.
<http://www.nctimes.net/news/2002/20020801/62558.html>