Convoy Operations

After arriving back from South Carolina, I went out to the field the next day for four days. During our stay we had training on convoy defense. We went through various scenarios that included firing blanks during some exercises and shooting live rounds in other exercises. We were taught how to defend ourselves during convoys through civilian and military roads. Mock-up Iraqi villages with role players were used during a couple of training scenarios. So far this has been the most intense training I’ve experienced during this deployment but I have a feeling that it’s only just begun. Today we went back out for a three day stint that will cover base defense.