Imagine that you are deployed to a battlefield on fire, with just 6 days' notice. You are unaccustomed to the terrain; the smoke billows, concealing groups of Soldiers from your view. You are combating a dynamic, unfamiliar threat that spreads very rapidly over any terrain. The weapons and tools with which you have previously trained have no effect on this threat. The radios that you have in your company cannot be used to communicate with anyone else on the battlefield, including medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) personnel, coalition partners, or tactical superior leadership. The "enemy" that you are fighting can use your clothing as well as the organizational clothing and individual equipment that you are carrying against you. This is not war; this is wildland firefighting. It is a mission unlike any other that you have trained for or are equipped to accomplish. Nevertheless, your Soldiers are fit and they learn quickly. That is all you need to succeed.
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