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Images of United States Army Basic Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
  • Basic training soldiers in 2nd Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment, Bravo Company, at Fort Jackson, S.C., begin the patrol phase of the Military Operations on Urban Terrain exercise, also called MOUT. The exercise which is meant to simulate clearing an Iraqi village which is occupied by civilians and insurgents is conducted with basic training soldiers from another company portraying the roles of the residents. For this exercise soldiers are equipped with the Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System, or MILES, to simulate casualties. By photographer Brett Flashnick
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  • An Army basic training soldier at Fort Jackson, demonstrates the proper way to clean and maintain a M-16 A2 rifle, during weapons immersion. By photographer Brett Flashnick
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  • With lines of rifles and soldiers lined up behind him, basic training soldier Josh Smyth (cq), from Stroudsburg, Pa., leads 1st Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, Delta Company in the soldiers creed after completing physical training, Tuesday, July 25, 2006. As part of the weapons immersion modifications to basic training, soldiers were issued M16-A2 rifles after their second week of training. The soldiers are required to carry their rifles, or leave them under the watch of their battle buddy at all times, except during sleep hours when they are locked on a rack in the soldiers barracks. By photographer Brett Flashnick
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  • Private, Clayton Beaver (cq), smiles as he talks about his son, during basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, on October 3, 2007. Beaver is among a growing group of middle-aged recruits who have taken advantage of the recently increased enlistment age to make a better life for their families or pursue a dream of being in the military which they used to think was out of reach. By photographer Brett Flashnick
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  • The ES2 (Every Soldier a Sensor) video game software, sponsored by the Department of the army intelligence office, called G-2, is being tested at Fort Jackson, in Columbia S.C., to determine if the software enhances the training of new soldiers. ES2, is designed to increase a soldiers situational awareness, to be able to recognize threats such as roadside bombs. The software uses a patrol in an urban area like Baghdad or Fallujah. By photographer Brett Flashnick
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  • Basic training soldiers in 2nd Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment, Bravo Company, at Fort Jackson, S.C., participate in Military Operations on Urban Terrain, also called MOUT. The exercise which is meant to simulate clearing an Iraqi village which is occupied by civilians and insurgents is conducted with basic training soldiers from another company portraying the roles of the residents. For this exercise soldiers are equipped with the Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System, or MILES, to simulate casualties. By photographer Brett Flashnick
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  • 07/25/2006 - Fort Jackson, S.C., Soldiers taking part in the U.S. Army's nine-week basic training at Fort Jackson, participate in early morning physical training before the sun rises. By photographer Brett Flashnick
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  • On Thursday morning, Margie Black (cq), a forty-one-year-old grandmother from San Antonio, Texas, waits with 234 younger basic training soldiers to leave the 120th Adjutant General Battalion, where she was processed into the Army for about a week, and move to her basic training unit with 2nd Battalion 60th Infantry Regiment, Charlie Company for nine weeks of basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C. By photographer Brett Flashnick
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  • An Army basic training soldier at Fort Jackson, demonstrates the proper way to clean and maintain a M-16 A2 rifle, during weapons immersion. By photographer Brett Flashnick
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  • Private, Clayton Beaver (cq), makes his way underneath a canopy of barbed wire, during basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, on October 4, 2007. Beaver is among a growing group of middle-aged recruits who have taken advantage of the recently increased enlistment age to make a better life for their families or pursue a dream of being in the military which they used to think was out of reach. By photographer Brett Flashnick
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  • An Army basic training soldier at Fort Jackson fires an M249 Light Machine Gun, during familiarization, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007. By photographer Brett Flashnick
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  • Basic training soldiers in 2nd Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment, Bravo Company, at Fort Jackson, S.C., participate in Military Operations on Urban Terrain, also called MOUT. The exercise which is meant to simulate clearing an Iraqi village which is occupied by civilians and insurgents is conducted with basic training soldiers from another company portraying the roles of the residents. For this exercise soldiers are equipped with the Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System, or MILES, to simulate casualties. By photographer Brett Flashnick
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  • Basic training soldiers in 2nd Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment, Bravo Company, at Fort Jackson, S.C., participate in Military Operations on Urban Terrain, also called MOUT. The exercise which is meant to simulate clearing an Iraqi village which is occupied by civilians and insurgents is conducted with basic training soldiers from another company portraying the roles of the residents. For this exercise soldiers are equipped with the Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System, or MILES, to simulate casualties. By photographer Brett Flashnick
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  • As part of the weapons immersion modifications to basic training, soldiers in 1st Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, Delta Company, were issued M16-A2 rifles after their second week of training. The soldiers are required to carry their rifles, or leave them under the watch of their battle buddy at all times, except during sleep hours when they are locked on a rack in the soldiers barracks. By photographer Brett Flashnick
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  • A basic training soldier in 3rd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment, Charlie Company, practices weapon familiarization in Engagement Skills Training 2000 simulator at Fort Jackson, S.C. When using the EST 2000 system soldiers fire rifles identical to the M16, which is wired into a computer system to simulate time spent on a firing range, or shoot/don't shoot situations that may be encountered in a current combat situation in Iraq or Afghanistan. By photographer Brett Flashnick
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