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    Marine Corps Warfighting Lab experiments with urban combat concepts [Image 8 of 23]

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    A military training exercise is underway at what appears to be a mock urban combat facility. One soldier in full tactical gear and camouflage is performing a door-breach entry technique while holding a rifle at the ready. A second individual in USMC digital camouflage trousers and a black shirt stands nearby, appearing to observe or time the exercise.

    INDIANA, UNITED STATES

    08.17.2019

    Photo by Matt Lyman 

    Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory | Futures Directorate

    The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory executed Project Metropolis II ,a Dense Urban Operations limited operational experiment 2019 (DUO19) at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center (MUTC), Indiana. The event aimed to effectively combine robotics, sensors, manned/unmanned vehicles, and dismounted Marines with a focus on improving Marines' ability to sense and locate the threat, observing their speed of decision making and speed of action, and determining their lethality when employing traditional and surrogate equipment versus an enemy force in a dense urban environment. This experiment took Marines assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, a squad-sized element from 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, and British Royal Marines assigned to 8 Troop Charlie Company, 40 Commando Royal Marines. The U.S. Marines and Royal Marine Commandos were divided into 'red' force and 'blue' force and engaged each other in a live force-on-force, free-play battle within a dense urban setting.

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    Date Taken: 08.17.2019
    Date Posted: 08.25.2019 20:45
    Photo ID: 5697292
    VIRIN: 190817-M-NQ873-0478
    Resolution: 5760x3840
    Size: 10.92 MB
    Location: INDIANA, US

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