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a buddy-team live fi re training event, April 4, 2012,
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FORT BENNING, Ga. (April 4, 2012) -- The Army and Marine Co rps
Infantry schools aresee ing how the other half lives this
spring.
Two Sand Hill drill sergeants from 2nd Battalion, 54th Infantry
Regiment, have traded
places with a pair of Marine combat instructors assigned to the
Infantry Training
Battalion, School of Infantry (East), on Camp Geiger at Marine
Corps Air Station New
River in Jacksonville, N.C. The Soldiers left March 12, and are
expected back Saturday.
Army officials said the Marines' timetable is roughly a week
behind, so there will be
some overlap here.
The branches are building stronger bonds in an effort to
cultivate new ideas, techniques and approaches to combat
training while sharing lessons learned from the battlefield,
said Sgt. 1st Class David Gibson, the senior drill sergeantfor 4th
Platoon, C Company, in 2-54 Inf.
"We want to ge t a better understanding of what our sister se
rvice is doing with their Infantry," he s aid. "Right now,
we're mostly learning we have a lot of similarities. On the
battlefield, there have been many times I've worked with
the Marines hand in hand. To be able to work together like this
will help things go seamless ly for these trainees
whenever they're on a patrol or in a firefight together later
on."
Staff Sgt. Nicholas White, one of Gibson's drill sergeants, is
wrapping up his stint with the Marines this week. Filling
his spot in C Company is Marine Corps Sgt. Aaron Mutter, who
arrived March 21 and "hit the ground running," Gibson
said.
During his time on Sand Hill, Mutter will advise and instruct
Soldiers in Marine Corps tactics and techniques. He said
he'd contrast that to what's being done in the Army and see if
any new concepts emerge.
"I'm thoroughly impressed w ith the Soldiers here so far," he
said. "I just want to ensure they understand the history
and heritage behind the Marine Corps. As a combat instructor, I
want to make sure they understand why we do
what we do and how to do it the proper way."
While there a re many parallels in training, a few differences a
re obvious, both sides say.
For starters, every prospective Marine, regardless of their
military occupational specialty, or MOS, goes through boot
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camp togethe r, either in San Diego o r at Parris Island, S.C.,
before moving on to specialized training. Army drill
sergeants, on the other hand, combine the two in one station
unit training.
"It's pretty amazing they can be the strong fist for basic
training and also mentor Soldiers in their specific Infantry
job," Mutter sa id. "They're really crunched for time here . We
have a little more time -- we get 59 days for our combat
training and we train every Infantry MOS.
"Patrolling is a very big piece of our program. In the Army,
it's about a week long."
Tactically, the Army has two teams of nine-member squads. The
Marines place 13 on each squad and move out with
three teams.
"The Marine Corps is big on small-unit wa rfare," said Mutter,
who's deployed tw ice to Iraq and once to Afghanistan.
"Small-unit maneuvers are what w ins wars. You have to ge t up
on the enemy and take away their positions. We
have a patrolling exercise coming up here, and I'm anxious to
see if I can take something away from it."
Likewise for Gibson, who said the Infantry Soldiers could
acquire more firepower on the ground by incorporating
some of the Marine squad tactics.
"(Mutter) will be teaching the privates what to do and w hat not
to do -- he just happens to wear a different
uniform," he said. "This gives trainees a full understanding of
their TTPs (tactics, techniques and procedures) across
the board. They're getting the best combat training experience
from the Army and Marines. You can't beat that."
Gibson said the swap will provide the two Marine combat
instructors w ith a "better understanding of how we
conduct our business," which should widen their knowledge base
upon returning to North Carolina.
"It can only better all of us," Mutter said. "When I get back, I
can tell them exactly what I've seen from the Army side
and what they do. We fight side by side and go into combat
together. It's the Infantry -- we're all in this together."
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