“The Associated Press reported Defense Training Systems had hired the men to train U.S. Marines at Camp Pendleton in California.”
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That could be it. If these guys were hired to play the enemy in those high-tech shoot-out simulators/street sets that they run our soldiers through in training then it’s no wonder they looked and smelled villainous.
My son has played the "opposition" as part of his USMC reserves duties. As a Marine, he already understood the tactics of his fellow Marines and surprised the hell out of them when playing the "bad guy". The objective was to polish troops on the way to Iraq. Hopefully it makes our guys more vigilant and able to anticipate problems in advance.