“It
will decrease the number of accidents,” said Staff
Sgt. Corey A. Burse, who works at the 7th Army Combined
Arms Training Center, or CATC, in Vilseck, Germany. “You
get in a vehicle you don’t know, drive down narrow
roads and roll the vehicle over. That’s the number
one cause of Soldiers’ deaths.”
Burse
said that it is better to use the mine-resistant, ambush-protected,
or MRAP, vehicle simulator to acclimate to the rough terrain
downrange than to put Soldiers on the roads there with no
idea of of what to expect. This way, Soldiers see how the
vehicle handles and how the indicators work and feel, without
putting their lives in danger or ruining equipment.
The
MRAP simulator and driving practice helps Soldiers identify
problems and how to adapt to different environments and
situations.
Many
multinational Soldiers will not have the opportunity to
see an MRAP vehicle before heading downrange unless they
attend the course the JMTC is offering. |
