one of the insurgent force npcs being led by the trainees.

This sort of training has been happening since the 1970s in some form or another. In 1978 I was at a unit in Norfolk to get trained in Ships self-defense and some ashore operations.

They flew our class South somewhere in a H-46 (I think it was in NC because of the 40-50 miles distance that we flew). The scenario was that US Embassy personnel needed evacuation. We landed and moved to a "town," where these people pretended to be scared and as if they didnt understand English to follow our directions trying to herd them back to where the helo was. Most fun training of my entire career.