Urban Warfare

In the last couple of days we trained in an urban environment. The training included clearing buildings and rooms, securing villages and civil disturbances. It was some of the more interesting training I’ve had on this deployment so far. The photos I’ve included here are some from the civil disturbances. There are civilians hired to portray Iraqi citizens. Some of them are actually from Iraq and they chant different slogans as we hold them back.



It seems like everyday I’m going back to the supply shed and getting more and more equipment. And pretty much all of the new stuff are items I have to wear. In the other photo shows me in a lot of my “battle rattle” which gets heavy. The body armor with the plates in it weighs the most and is going to take some time to get used to.