A look back at US and Singapore land training during CARAT
2003.
photos by PFC Thomas D. Hudzinski, USMC
CARAT 2003
Exercise participants included Singapore Armed Forces personnel
from the Navy, Army, and Air Force and more than 1,500 U.S.
sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen. Other U.S. participants
included specialists from the Joint Interagency Task Force and
agents of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service in
Singapore.
The bilateral training was not limited to the MOUT facility. The
U.S. Marines also participated in a live-fire course at the Pasir
Laba Camp, Live Firing Range, and completed the Advanced Training
Fire Package of the Singapore Armed Forces.
Once at the range, the U.S. Marines and sailors practiced their
course of fire on the Individual Marksmanship Trainer. Once they
had a good idea of what to expect from the days course, they moved
on to conduct the live-fire portion of the training. They fired
from the 100-meter line at mechanical targets, which reset after
each shooter completed that portion of the course.