CAST TD-7: MOUT up

It's getting late, so short post tonight. Today we learned about Military Operations in Urbanized Terrain (MOUT), which was actually more fun than I had expected. Classroom time was short this morning, then outside while it was still relatively cool, though it heated up pretty quickly. Our learning objective today was how to traverse an urban environment on foot, and, if fired upon, break contact and seek cover. The really fun part was that we were armed with paint guns--as were the instructors/enemy--so it was basically a big paint ball fight. When I get home, I'll have to teach Deuce a lesson or two! Here are a few pics from the day.

Tomorrow we put it all together in one big exercise scenario where we're in a convoy, take fire, have injuries (fake, of course), and have to land navigate to a point of egress. Or something like that.