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ITAM TRAINING MECHANIZED MA 23 (LIC) SMALL ARMS RANGES EIB SITE LANAV |
GRENADE
BAYONET RAPPEL |
 29th INF DIV |
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With
over 35,000 acres of available maneuver training area in Virginia's piedmont
physiographic province, Ft. Pickett
consists
of diverse terrain with few
environmental
constraints. It offers the best in both mounted and dismounted infantry
training. Open upland savannas,
with rolling contours and patches of cover, lend themselves effectively
to both mounted and dismounted operations. Three platoon sized lanes
have been developed offering "open/broken" terrain, typically intermixed
with patches of forest. Terrain is being managed to closely resemble
the eastern European theater. The prescribed
burn program in use at Ft. Pickett has opened the understory significantly
to facilitate maneuver. The ultimate goal is to provide "GO" terrain
for all types of combat arms, combat support, and CSS units.
A new addition to the installation is the infantry platoon Combined Arms Live Fire EXercise (CALFEX) corridor, which includes an area of 12,000 square meters culminating into the dedicated impact area. This gives commanders the ability to exercise their combined arms team with all supporting assets such as: FA, CAS, Mortars, Combat Engineers, and Aerial Gunnery (rotary wing). Creativity is widely available to commanders to develop their own combat live fire scenarios. |