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Article: Word of Mout: the challenges of military operations in urban terrain (Mout) are apparent in news reports from Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and other 'hot spots'. Military forces engaged in these operations are investing heavily in fielding Mout training systems.(Training: mout)
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- Armada International
- Article date:
- October 1, 2007
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While budgetary considerations limit most military organisations to building facilities that will accommodate platoons, companies and sometimes battalions the US Army and US Marine Corps are spending billions of dollars to build a range of Mout facilities from individual skills houses to 1500-building complexes that will accommodate brigade level and joint-service training.
The US Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO-STRI) selected Anteon International, which recently merged with General Dynamics Network Systems to form General Dynamics Information Technology, to build the US Army's ...