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3/6 Marines raid MOUT village to capture high value target

Story by Sgt. Steve Cushman | 2nd Marine Division | Date: 10.29.2012

A quiet village, in the southwestern deserts of Arizona, is suddenly surrounded by the noise of a Combined Anti-Armor Team’s Humvees and three 7-ton trucks rolling around the outskirts of town, Oct. 22. The... Read More

Lethal Speed and Surprise: Soldiers and Defense Force Members demonstrate their MOUT skills

Story by Maj. Randall Baucom | U.S. Army Japan | Date: 10.25.2012

With the sound equal to that of a passing semi-truck, three Infantry Stryker vehicles pass a group of Japanese Ground Self Defense Force members, loaded to the bare to bring a lethal surprise upon a target... Read More

1\4 Marines battle their brothers during MOUT training

Story by Lance Cpl. Corey Dabney | 1st Marine Division | Date: 09.27.2012

A fireteam of four Marines quickly and aggressively crosses a street toward a building, while the remainder of their 13-man squad suppresses the enemy positioned on the second floor. Read More

New urban training facility ready for action

Story by Michael DiCicco | Marine Corps Base Quantico | Date: 08.23.2012

Along Tokyo Road sits a jumbled, 163-building complex on a network of gravel roads. Many of the one- to three-story structures are poker-faced, displaying only the thin outlines of closed doors and shuttered... Read More

Improving urban combat techniques during Exercise Western Accord 2012

Story by Lance Cpl. Jessica Ito | Marine Forces Reserve | Date: 07.14.2012

U.S. Marine Reservists and servicemen from four West African countries joined forces to improve urban combat techniques during Exercise Western Accord 2012. Read More