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Video: I need a soldier

November 5, 2013

MSU ROTC cadets conduct realistic mission scenarios during a training exercise in Okemos on Nov. 5, 2013.

Photo by Derek Gartee | The State News

Tuesday, squads of military units were sent out on a tactical mission in Okemos, Mich. Luckily, this only was a training exercise.

The MSU Army ROTC held one of their many training exercises on a large woodland area off Dobie Road. While their field exercises can focus on many things, such as navigation, this exercise was a combat mission.

The ROTC cadets were split up into many squads, all conducting training missions at the same time. Each squad was tasked with creating a strategy for moving to and attacking an enemy location. Each team also made plans for any attacks that could occur during their movements.

Criminal justice junior Joshua Favaloro was the squad leader from one of the groups. Favaloro was in charge of studying his squad’s surroundings and terrain, and then choosing a course of action for the squad.

The squad trekked through swamp, dropping to the ground with a quick raise of the leader’s hand. When the squad faced off against the others marked as targets, the squad yelled out “pop” to simulate gunfire.

The simulation lasted two hours, and the cadets said that this is one of many exercises for the school year.?

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