FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Fort Irwin, California ~ 21 APR 2015

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

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Road Trip: Fort Irwin, California

Fort Irwin & the National Training Center (NTC) is a major training area for the United States Military and is a census-designated place located in the Mojave Desert in northern San Bernardino County, California. Fort Irwin is at an average elevation of 2,454 feet. It is located 37 miles northeast of Barstow, in the Calico Mountains.

The base is part of the Installation Management Command (IMCOM). The opposing force at the NTC is the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, the Blackhorse Cavalry, who are stationed at the base to provide an enemy force to units on a training rotation at Fort Irwin.

Fort Irwin works within the R-2508 Special Use Airspace Complex.

On 9 August 1979, the Department of the Army announced that Fort Irwin had been selected as the site for the National Training Center. With over 1,000 square miles for maneuver and ranges, an uncluttered electromagnetic spectrum, airspace restricted to military use, and its isolation from densely populated areas, Fort Irwin was an ideal site for this facility. The National Training Center was officially activated 16 October 1980.

The National Training Center and Fort Irwin continue to serve as the Army's premier training center. Since the September 11, 2001 attacks, the National Training Center has transformed to focus on continuous counterinsurgency operations that reflect the ongoing and rapidly changing battlefield.

One of the unique aspects of the base is the presence of several mock "villages" which are used to train troops in urban warfare prior to their deployment. The villages are supposed to mimic real villages from Iraq and Afghanistan and have variety of buildings like mosques, hotels, traffic circles, etc. filled with Arabic-speaking actors playing villagers, street vendors, and insurgents.

The biggest two are known as Medina Wasl and Medina Jabal, and are located several miles from Fort Irwin. Most of the buildings are created using intermodal containers like lego, but some can be much more elaborate and are actually built using Iraqi building standards.

Learn More About Fort Irwin HERE!!

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Facing The Impossible

April 21, 2015

See! I have given Jericho into your hand. —Joshua 6:2

In 2008, house values were tumbling in the United Kingdom. But 2 weeks after my husband and I put our home of 40 years on the market, a buyer offered us a good price and we agreed to a sale. Soon our builders started work on the house I had inherited, which would be our new home. But a few days before the sale of our old home was finalized, our buyer pulled out. We were devastated. Now we owned two properties—one whose value was tumbling rapidly, and the other a virtual ruin that we could neither sell nor move into. Until we found a new buyer, we had no money to pay the builder. It was an impossible situation.

When Joshua faced Jericho, a fortified city in lockdown, he may have felt as if he was facing an impossible situation (Josh. 5:13–6:27). But then a Man with a drawn sword appeared to him. Some theologians think the Man was Jesus Himself. Joshua anxiously asked if He would be backing the Israelites or their enemies in the forthcoming battle. “‘Neither one,’ he replied. ‘I am the commander of the Lord’s army’” (5:14 nlt). Joshua bowed in worship before he took another step. He still didn’t know how Jericho would be delivered into his hand, but he listened to God and worshiped Him. Then he obeyed the Lord’s instructions and the impossible happened.

Dear Lord, often when I am faced with an impossible situation I choose worry rather than trust. Help me to trust You and to remember that nothing is too hard for You.

Nothing is impossible for the Lord.

[Soaring Feather]

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[PROCON]

Hiya Lauren!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, lauren, and thanks for today's Road Trip: Fort Irwin, California.

It's white here today...it has been snowing off and on ALL day. Right now it is white out conditions, but just give it 10 minutes and it will change. It's mid to low 30s and not really sticking, but the lawns are turning white, then the snow melts, and then they turn white again. Weird weather!!

[mylife]

Spent a month and a half there on war games deployed with the 104th MI

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[mylife]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposing_force

[AZamericonnie]

Supporting our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen
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Brad Fletcher - To All Our Mothers Children

Due South - The Good Guys

Perry Nunley - When Freedom Rings

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[Kathy in Alaska]

United States Marine Corps Band ~ National Anthem

[SandRat]

Train like he[[ at IRWIN, then give the enemy HE[[!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Sending out prayers for Arrowhead1952 as he recovers from his horrible fall.

~ Road Trip: Fort Irwin, California ~

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

It’s snowing here! Can’t last long, but it’s white out at this very moment.

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

((((HUGS))))

[SandRat]

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[SkyDancer]

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Ms Feather...*hugs*...it’s snowing!!

Birds still coming back? Warming up?

[Kathy in Alaska]

It looks HOT!!! The desert!! But good training for the middle east....

[mylife]

Thankfully I was there at this time of year.