FIVE HILLS TRAINING AREA, Mongolia - Members of the Indonesian air force participated in a United Nations peacekeeping scenario at Five Hills Training Area, Mongolia, Aug. 9 during Khaan Quest 2011, a joint exercise hosted by the Mongolian Armed Forces in partnership with U.S. Pacific Command forces.
Indonesian forces spent the day training and testing their resolve at checkpoint procedures with the help of a resilient and believable rowdy crowd.
“The scenario that we experienced was great. The role players were excellent,” said 1st Sgt. Zainul Arifin of the Indonesian air force. “My time in Lebanon was intense just like that.”
The Indonesian airmen spent the first part of the day in the classroom with U.S. Marines from Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif., and then in the afternoon, they applied what was learned under the guidance of their instructors.
“The object is to make the scenario as real as possible, so that the squad will be prepared under real world conditions in a peacekeeping mission,” said Marine Sgt. Dane Riddle, a native of Delafield, Wis., and currently assigned to Camp Pendleton, Calif.
The scenario had the airmen manning a checkpoint in a United Nations’ mission.
The role players challenged the unit all the way until the end with a non-stop aggressive approach by yelling and throwing objects.
“The role players were actually MAF soldiers and the use of actual military members is vital to the training because they know what to look for and how to advance the scenario,” said Riddle.
The scenario is one that many United Nation forces actually perform around the world.
“We were supposed to be accessing everyone that crossed our particular checkpoint,” added Arifin. “We checked for ammunition, possible signs of human-trafficking violations, and we ensured the overall safety of our compound.
The training was the result of an exchange of various techniques from four different countries.
“Our training plan was based off of things that my Mongolian, Japanese and Cambodian counterparts and I came up with once we got here together,” added Riddle.
Teamwork and information exchange was the most important item in this training.
“It’s been great being here for this exercise and working with one another,” added Arifin. “We come to exercises like this and learn so much from each other and also get familiar with how [the] other works, which is why we are here.
Khaan Quest 2011 started July 29 and concluded Aug. 12.
Khaan Quest is a multinational peace-operations exercise that consisted of five activities, which were a peacekeeping seminar, a command post exercise, a field training exercise, a humanitarian civic activity and a medical readiness training exercise.
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