thedrifter
08-07-03, 06:20 AM
How Should U.S. Military Forces Prepare for a New Kind of Warfare? <br />
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July 28, 2003 <br />
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Since the toppling of Saddam Hussein statues in April, events unfolding in Iraq show that guerrilla warfare...
thedrifter
08-07-03, 06:20 AM
Regner said training scenarios greatly help teach Marines to differentiate between different situations and players and help them better determine "hostile intent" in the chaos of a real operation. Platoons have trained in urban warfare, such as clearing rooms, and get hands-on training and classroom discussion. This year, Regner dispatched his top lawyer to visit units and give classes on hostile intent, so that "we aren't carried away in situations just because we see a woman with her arms behind her back," he said. "They all had to understand hostile intent, and the (judge advocate) puts that into plain English for our young Marines."
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The driver of the car in the March incident is one lucky guy. Any of the Marines, if they felt threatened by him, could have opened fire.
Regner said hostile intent "did take place," but he credits good training, discipline and quick decision-making on the part of the six Marines. "Did the Marines have an inherent right to protect themselves? Absolutely," he said. "Was there hostile intent? Yes, there was."
What would have happened if the driver had continued on to the nearby tents housing the command operations center? Had the driver taken his vehicle to the command center, "I am sure that young man would not have been alive today," he said. "But he went through another gate, which was not a manned gate at that time" and turned around.
"A lot of decisions had to be made, just like that, by the young Marines," he added.
© 2003 Gidget Fuentes.
Sempers,
Roger
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