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Originally Posted by Wolfy
I never understood these maneuvers. How do they determine if a certain unit won if they met on the field?
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I have taken part in several of the large scale maneuvers : "Kernal Usher", Cobra Gold, Team Spirit, Bright Star, CAX 29 Palms, CMTC Ft. Irwin, CMTC Hohenfells and endless hours at Camp Pendleton up and down hills yelling "butter butter bang bang".
With the exception of Hohenfells and Irwin the large maneuvers did not produce a winner or a loser. The operations were more a test of Logistics and deployment than they were a test of combat prowess. Regardless of wether you were the defender or attacker you were graded on how well you conducted operations and then you'd switch sides.
At Irwin and Hohenfells there were winners and losers as the entire battlefield, "The Box", was fully intigrated and monitored. Imagine a huge game of "Laser tag" with Tanks, Helicopters, Land Mines and Airstrikes. What makes this possible is the use of MILES (Military Laser Engagement System) gear for everyting from individual troops to helicopters and the ability to track the system.
Brad