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Author Topic: New USMC training game "Down Range"  (Read 35 times)

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on: March 13, 2025, 11:13:06 AM
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/03/12/playing-down-range-how-marines-are-taking-war-gaming-their-own-hands.html


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"We're taking the rules down to toddler level, so the training audience can have adult-level discussions about what are the tactics, the techniques and the procedures of prosecuting violence on the enemy," Royer said. And because the miniatures are made to model real equipment, Marines are beginning to easily identify enemy vehicles and equipment "in a way that translates to real life," he added.

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