Lightning Forge 25th Infantry Division training exercise, Feb. 5
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The 25th Infantry Division is conducting exercise Lightning Forge, the largest training exercise on Oahu, consisting of more than 5,000 soldiers. These Schofield soldiers were just dropped off by helicopters from 5 Blackhawk helicopters and a Chinook at the Bellows Beach training area. The soldiers advance to a simulated village inhabited by an opposing hostile force. This village is in a fictitious island nation. The soldiers use blanks that simulate real live fire when taking over the village.
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Schofield soldiers seek higher ground during a firefight as they advance through a simulated village inhabited by an opposing hostile force.
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Soldiers advance through thick brush and a forested area that leads to a simulated village inhabited by an opposing hostile force.
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Schofield soldiers unloaded from helicopters to advance through a thick brush and forested area that leads to a simulated village inhabited by an opposing hostile force.
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Schofield soldiers unloaded from helicopters to advance through a thick brush and forested area that leads to a simulated village inhabited by an opposing hostile force.
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Soldiers advance to a simulated village inhabited by an opposing hostile force.
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Schofield soldiers seek higher ground during a firefight as they advance through a simulated village inhabited by an opposing hostile force. The soldiers use blanks that simulate real live fire when taking over the village. They also simulate taking casualties as seen by this “dead” soldier.
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Schofield soldiers take cover during a firefight as they advance through a simulated village inhabited by an opposing hostile force. The soldiers use blanks that simulate real live fire when taking over the village.
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This soldier has taken a high vantage point in the second story of a building.
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Schofield soldiers seek safety during a firefight as they advance through a simulated village inhabited by an opposing hostile force. The soldiers use blanks that simulate real live fire when taking over the village.
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Students from the Roosevelt High drama club volunteer as role players. pretending to be local village residents. Gina Andrise, left, is a “local village girl” looking out through the building’s door while Prince Obregon sits inside.
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Soldiers take off from Wheeler Army Airfield in a helicopter and fly to the Bellows Beach training area where they are unloaded from 5 Blackhawk helicopters and a Chinook.
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Soldiers advance to a simulated village inhabited by an opposing hostile force.
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