A couple of weeks ago we did Urban Operations. We did the training in the daytime and the actual during the nighttime because it has been said that we own the night. Why? The US Army is able to distribute night vision to every soldier it has. We have been able to mass produce the ability to see in the dark. That has set us ahead of everyone else in the world.
Urban Ops were pretty awesome. We learned how to clear a village or city, then we went in and cleared a place called Liberty City, which is a mock city that was created by Ft. Sill. I remember that if only we had the newer clips for the ACH with the NVGs, then it would have been easier to put it on my helmet than having to use 550 cord to get it secured. It was pretty sweet out there nevertheless. Plus we got to play our own OpFor (Opposing Forces). I elected not to do this because my weapon was one of the squad weapons and it was heavy enough just carrying it around through the city that I didn't want to go back out with it again. The SAW weighs somewhere around 25 lbs with ammo. I did watch what was going on as other squads went through and attempted to clear a building and our OpFor was just going crazy. It was pretty sweet.