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Gun Bunny On Leave User is Offline Joined: 06 Nov 2006 Posts: 10 Karma: 0 applaud / smite 10 points 0 warnings 0 tempbans	Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 4:12 am    Post subject: Urban Warriors at Work · Quote A PROTOTYPE for the future of urban terrain training was on display at Canberra recently as part of an Australian-US interoperability initiative. Consisting of 14 specially-made shipping containers, the instrumented MOUT facility at Majura Range showcased the concept of the $11 million, 300-plus container facility to be constructed at Shoalwater Bay. DG Joint Combined Training Capability (JCTC) Project Brig Robert Brown said the mobile MOUT technology was designed to replicate complex urban environments. “The beauty of the shipping container technology is you can change them around so the troops don’t become familiar with the setting,” Brig Brown said. He said the prototype was made mainly to demonstrate the new instrumentation system that follows and records troops’ movements within the facility. “You can track them through those training activities and at the end of it you can give them a very good after-action review,” he said. “It will be fully compatible with the technology going into the Combat Training Centre in Townsville.” Brig Brown said the MOUT tracking system would be similar to the CTC, which used harnesses with GPS tracking to keep a record of troop movements. He said the MOUT facility would be located at Shoalwater Bay Training Area as part of the JCTC project. “The JCTC is a bilateral project between Australia and the US that is designed to develop training and interoperability between the Australian and US defence forces,” Brig Brown said. He said the project would “also develop distributed training technologies so there’ll be a network set up so you can bring simulation into training”. The technology would allow soldiers using the instrumented MOUT facility to call aircrew that might be sitting in simulators in the US. The aircrew could respond directly to the soldiers over the radio and fly the mission in the simulator. This technology would allow Australian and US forces to gain a better appreciation of how each worked and would enhance their interoperability. Brig Brown said the Shoalwater Bay facilities would include an exercise control area and would accommodate up to a battle group-sized force. The Shoalwater Bay instrumented MOUT facility is due to be finished next June in time for the biannual Australia-US exercise Talisman Sabre. Urban assault: Pte Paul Blake, Training Support Pl, RMC, leaps through the window of a building at Majura Range in Canberra during an urban warfare demonstration. The mock urban warfare setting is a smaller version of one that will be built at Shoalwater Bay. (Photo by CPL Michael Davis)
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Outsider Asst. Admin User is Offline Joined: 24 Oct 2006 Posts: 4203 Karma: 27 applaud / smite Location: North Carolina 32274 points 0 warnings 0 tempbans	Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 4:01 pm    Post subject: · Quote Gun Bunny wrote: “The beauty of the shipping container technology is you can change them around so the troops don’t become familiar with the setting,” Brig Brown said. Now that I think should keep one on their toes and prevent them from getting too comfortable and therefore decreasing the chances of getting caught off guard. Breat story GB and thank you for posting that info I enjoyed reading it. Check your PM there is a question for you there. _________________ <table border="0" bordercolor="#F6FCFD" width="1" bgcolor="#F6FCFD"> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> </td> </tr>Commanding Officer M.S.T. Alpha company <tr> <td> </td> </tr> </table>
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Gun Bunny On Leave User is Offline Joined: 06 Nov 2006 Posts: 10 Karma: 0 applaud / smite 10 points 0 warnings 0 tempbans	Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 8:40 pm    Post subject: · Quote I thought you might also enjoy the picture. Guns _________________ Strike Swiftly
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Outsider Asst. Admin User is Offline Joined: 24 Oct 2006 Posts: 4203 Karma: 27 applaud / smite Location: North Carolina 32274 points 0 warnings 0 tempbans	Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 2:38 pm    Post subject: · Quote Honestly, I'm Glad to see you getting a chance to post. I still remember the good times you me and Marines7505 used to have on the old forum before things got bad and they shut our party down by falsely accusing him and then banning him. And yes I did enjoy the picture as well. _________________ <table border="0" bordercolor="#F6FCFD" width="1" bgcolor="#F6FCFD"> <tr> <td>  </td> <td> </td> </tr>Commanding Officer M.S.T. Alpha company <tr> <td> </td> </tr> </table>
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