US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Bragg, NC)

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Land Navigation Land Navigation is designed to introduce the basic com- bat trainee with the methods of recognition and navigation over unknown terrain. The first period of instruction is used to familiarize the trainee with military maps and their use. The second period consists of a practical exercise designed to teach the trainee to use the Lensatic Compass and pacing techniques. A' x w

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CBR Gas! Gas! Gas 1 Within the span of nine seconds, a basic combat trainee must put on his M17 Protective Mask to protect himself against a gas attack. The significance of Chemical, Biological and Radio- logical Warfare KCBRD is pointed out to all trainees during the training cycle. A rigorous training program is conducted to teach re- cruits the basic protective measures for survival in a chemical, biological or nuclear attack with a minimum reduction in combat effectiveness. They learn to recognize the various forms of a CBR attack and the means of protection against the effects of such an attack. A soldier's primary protection against the effects of a CBR attack is the M17 Protective Mask. Intensive in- struction in disassembling and clearing the mask is conducted. An actual exposure to a chemical agent high- lights CBR training. During the fifth week of training all trainees partici- pate in a three phase gas chamber exercise which teaches them never to forget the basic protective procedures used in a CBR situation. Z 'ar

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,J Bayonet Assault Course The Bayonet Assault Course tests the traineeis grasp of the bayonet instruction he has received. During the course, he shows his skill under simulated combat con- ditions. The course is equipped with various obstacles and targets including a vertical wall, horizontal and ver- tical butt stroke targets, parry left and right targets, double apron fence and barbed wire tunnel. The targets vary from thrust targets to parry and thrust targets, giv- ing the trainee plenty of choice in which method to use.