Caption:
Marines from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marines prepare to board
a CH-46 Sea Knight, during a rehearsal for Urban Warrior LOE-2.
The Marine Corps Warfighting Lab (MCWL) is sponsoring 3 independent
events from 22 April - 2 May. (1) Urban Warrior Limited Objective
Experiment (LOE) - 2 will examine small unit combined arms operations
in the urban environment. Continued experimentation in the urban
tactics of thrust and penetration is being conducted along with small
unit decision making experiments. (2) Military Operations in
Urban Terrain Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (MOUT ACTD)
experiments will examine the use of man-portable shields and breaching
technologies. (3) The first Responder LTA is a medical
assessment, examing new tactical possibilities for hospital corpsmen.
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