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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - Marines with Communications Company, Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, conducted a basic urban skills training course aboard Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, from May 25 to June 5, 2015.
“BUST is important to a Marine’s skill set because, going back as recently as Iraq, Marines were clearing buildings and houses starting from the bottom border of Kuwait all the way up to Fallujah and Ramadi, and those were key battles,” said Sgt. Dakota Juanchi, a chief instructor with BUST Section, Division Combat Skills Center.
The Marines went through different scenarios in Camp Lejeune’s military operations in urban terrain town, leading to the culminating event on June 5. Urban combat skills were taught by instructors from the division combat skills center.
“The Marine Corps needs this training because it gives the ones who haven’t had a chance to deploy, it gets them spun up really quick,” said Sgt. Donald Lucero, squad leader for 2nd Squad with the company. “It lets them know, when you go in keep your head on, and the basic fundamentals are the most important thing. When you stick to the basics, you keep yourself alive.”
The Marines ran through several scenarios centered on securing a target building. Instructors acted as aggressors to deter the Marines from completing the objectives.
Simulation paint rounds, armored plate carriers and masks were used to make the training more realistic. If a Marine was hit with a paint round, he was declared ‘dead’ and the Marines on his team would have to act accordingly.
“The scenarios out here, they keep it as real as it can be,” said Lucero. “The entire time we only took a couple causalities though the scenarios. We had great leadership and it was really well distributed.”
This training was new for the Marines, who come from non-combat military occupational specialties.
“Every marine is a rifleman, and when it comes to urban skills it’s not just infantry that may find themselves having to clear out a piece of a city in order to occupy it,” Juanchi said.
| Date Taken: | 06.05.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 06.10.2015 10:56 |
| Story ID: | 166079 |
| Location: | CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
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