Same here, in Basic in the US there's the "Night Infiltration" course. Basically you're low-crawling across an open space, with the occasional obstacle such as barbed wire, while they fire a mix of ball/Tracer 7.62mm from tripod-mounted MGs over your head. Combine with charges in pits that go 'Boom' every now and then.
They did have the Ride of the Valkyries segment from Apocolypse Now going over the loudspeakers at the time though.. "Outstanding, Red Six! Outstanding! You'll get your case of beer for that one!"
Seriously, for all the effort that the US tries to recreate battlefield conditions, the most important one cannot be replicated: The fact that in training, you know very well they're trying not to kill you, and in the field, they have absolutely no objection to killing you. I'm not sure if the concept of battlefield innoculation can really work.
NTM
They did have the Ride of the Valkyries segment from Apocolypse Now going over the loudspeakers at the time though.. "Outstanding, Red Six! Outstanding! You'll get your case of beer for that one!"
Seriously, for all the effort that the US tries to recreate battlefield conditions, the most important one cannot be replicated: The fact that in training, you know very well they're trying not to kill you, and in the field, they have absolutely no objection to killing you. I'm not sure if the concept of battlefield innoculation can really work.
NTM
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