The IIT is a training facility that gives Marines the chance to use practical application to strengthen their tactical and decision-making skills in a scenario-based environment. Members of 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 5th Marine Regiment, patrol through an urban area during a training evolution at the Infantry Immersion Trainer at Camp Pendleton, California, on July 16, 2019. You see mistakes, and the good thing is they sit down and talk about the good things and the bad things.' 'It's pretty neat to see them the first time they walk through the scenario. and this is all compiled into an after-action report so, after they do a scenario, the small unit would come into the after-action review area, where they would bring up the video of the scenario and walk them through it,' Thompson said.

The IIT will also provide tools for units to conduct detailed after-action reviews. 'You have smell generators that we can provide a myriad of smells - from the market street bakeries to decay to gunpowder smells - just about any smell you can think of to get that realism into the training.'Ĭurrently, Marine units at Lejeune have access to urban training facilities, but they have to request smoke, smell and noise generators as well as role players for training, he said, explaining that the IIT will provide all of those training assets. 'It's like special effects,' Thompson said. The village setting will feature a sound system, a centrally controlled light emitting diode system that replicates candlelight, and a smell-generation system. The IIT is an urban training area with various complexes that provide realistic and situational training to the various infantry units stationed at Camp Lejeune. Members of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, rescue a simulated casualty during the Infantry Immersion Trainer at Camp Lejeune, N.C., on July 18, 2019.

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