We conduct the training mission just like it were live, using other companies to fill the role as civilians as well as enemy insurgents, friendly militia, local police and tribal leaders, and other role players. We started the exercise off being dropped in to the ORP by Blackhawks at 0700 saturday morning. Right away set up a secure perimeter and began establishing comms. After the mission objectives were briefed to all the soldiers and we stepped out of the ORP in route to the MOUT site. We arrived at the site and set up security but were than engaged by enemy insurgents and forced to conduct a tactical withdrawal.
We returned to the ORP, and requested permission to return to the city and engage all targets. We were cleared and returned to the city. We were using simulation rounds which are basically normal rounds but instead of a legit bullet they are capped by chalk rounds. Now these rounds may not be real, but they hurt like hell when u get hit. We engaged several insurgents throughtout the city while in search of our primary target, a weapons dealer/IED builder. I was a member of the primary breach team so myself and 3 team members spent most of the time moving through the city blowing doors, walls, and roofs open so that we could enter and clear the buildings allowing the Intel geeks to come in and do their work.
Once cleared the city was secured and handed over to the local police and we marched out to our FOB. By the time we handed over control of the city and reached our FOB it was 2200. The company received a brief on the mission we'd be doing at 0300 sunday morning, which would be an assualt on the local embassy to oust the insurgents. The rest of the company got to bed down, but myself and the rest of my Advanced Breach team had to stay up and move out on a secondary mission. We were inserted into the city via Blackhawk and made are way across the city to a two story office building. We conducted a simultaneous breach on the two doors and engaged targets within the building. We located high value target on the second floor and arrested him the passed him off to MI for interrogation. By the time we returned to the FOB it was 0200, leaving us an hour to fall asleep and rest which isnt worth it to me because thts just enough time for your body to shut down, you hardly receive any benefit.
We woke at 0300, conducted squad level walk throughs of the mission than at 0400 we left to rendezvous with a Special Forces group that would be providing support. The call was given and snipers opened fire, taking out guards on the roof and gunners manning the 50 cals. We assualted the building using smoke to cover us then went in and cleared all 5 floors. It was soooo much fun, and when your with a group you love it makes the stress, and exhaustion from sleep deprivation bearable.
