As troops prepare to go to Iraq, U.S. Army uses 'Theater Immersion' to try and give them experiences that mirror, as closely as possible, what they will face

Training includes not only weapons, tactics, command and control procedures, and other military topics, but also lessons about operating in an environment very different from United States

The deadliest weapon used by insurgents in Iraq is what the US military calls the Improvised Explosive Device (IED)

In the woods along the dirt roads of a huge training base, the army has built fake Iraqi villages and bases for US troops

Training for combat-duty troops is as lifelike as possible to simulate life-and-death environments in which they will fight

In addition to field training, the US Army is training soldiers to learn how to interact with Iraqi civilians