“Door! Door! Door!”

With those words, one of the team members kicked open the door as he and his fellow Soldiers stormed into the adjoining room inside the enemy stronghold. To their surprise, an Iraqi woman hiding in that room screamed as they burst in, her cries of panic adding to the fog of war already enshrouding the wide-eyed Soldiers. But there was no time for distractions – another closed door stood between them and the unknown …

Such was the scenario that played out time and again during Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT) training conducted here as part of annual training by Soldiers of the Army Reserve’s 78th Army Band and Headquarters, Headquarters Company (HHC), 99th Regional Support Command (RSC). (continue reading…)