“The
purpose of the exercise is to evaluate our ability to operate
not just as a platoon, but combined, using our internal
and external assets such as mortars and our scouts and snipers
from battalion and integrating them into our planning and
execution of the mission,” said Sgt. Dustin Carden,
a squad leader in 2nd Plt.
The
deployment is an opportunity for the platoon to work with
a different country’s military force.
“We
are going over there to augment a Singaporean infantry company,”
said 1st Lt. Nathan Gadberry, the platoon leader. “We’ll
conduct a company assault on a mounted objective in an urban
area.”
“We’re
also there to help refine [standard operating procedures]
on mounted operations with their Terrex vehicles,”
he added. “It’s their equivalent to a Stryker.”
Sgt.
Joseph MacDonald, a squad leader in the platoon, said he
views the future training as a learning experience for his
unit.
“We’ll
see what they know that we don’t know or how they
do something differently as well as them being able to learn
from us,” he said.
As
part of certification for Singapore, the battalion commander
certified the platoon by observing the entire mission evaluating
them on their combat tasks.
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