Why train out in the public? Tactics isn't the biggest problem, random people getting in the way is the biggest problem. It's like people saying the LA extraction was a training op at night in the middle of one of the biggest cities in the world, with no forewarning, and nobody around to keep prying eyes away.
“I have a map of the United States... Actual size. It says, 'Scale: 1 mile = 1 mile.' I spent last summer folding it. I hardly ever unroll it. People ask me where I live, and I say, 'E6.”
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Here you go.
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/837891/wti-2-22-simulated-urban-close-air-support
Why train out in the public? Tactics isn't the biggest problem, random people getting in the way is the biggest problem. It's like people saying the LA extraction was a training op at night in the middle of one of the biggest cities in the world, with no forewarning, and nobody around to keep prying eyes away.
I believe Steven Wright can explain it best.
“I have a map of the United States... Actual size. It says, 'Scale: 1 mile = 1 mile.' I spent last summer folding it. I hardly ever unroll it. People ask me where I live, and I say, 'E6.”
― Steven Wright
It's interesting because the nearest Marine base is 80 miles away, quite a few closer towns to train in.
That look like a very small unit...less than a platoon.
Only 334 miles from Camp Pendleton...
Yeah, Brawley AZ is a major urban area......
I'd have preferred they move their training south a few ppmiles. That's where the 0
Brawley, California... near El Centro Naval Air Base. They exercise regularly there and Yuma, AZ.