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Article: EIB testing: a different way of thinking: 75th ranger regiment public affairs.(Expert Infantryman Badge training )(Report)
- Article from:
- Infantry Magazine
- Article date:
- January 1, 2009
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The 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Fort Lewis, Wash., recently conducted Expert Infantryman Badge (EIB) training d testing immediately after redeployment from its most recent combat tour. The methodology for preparation and testing was a little out of the Army's norm. There were no details for extensive site preparation, no sand bags to be filled, no camouflage nets erected, and no signs to be made. This EIB had minimal individual test stations and no ready lines or post-test holding areas. Most of the testing was conducted in lanes and replicated combat conditions as much as possible. The battalion conducted all planning and coordination required to conduct this ...