02/28/2025
A look across real-world, modern battlefields and we see that trenches - features that are sometimes (incorrectly) viewed as antiquated and irrelevant - are still prevalent and effective. Therefore, recently, our Infantry Soldiers from Cronos Company, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment conducted Platoon Live-Fire Exercises to train Battle Drill 7a: Enter/Clear a Trench!
Many of our adversaries (both irregular and conventional) effectively use trenches - and other subterranean features like basements, tunnels, and sewers - to make it hard for us to find, fix, and finish their forces and respective command posts. However, there will be NO HIDING from units like ours that AGGRESSIVELY pursue becoming MASTERS of the basics.
What was old is new again!
6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment | 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 2ABCT, 3ID | 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment | BattleKings, 1-9 FA | 9th Engineer Battalion | 703rd BSB Heart of Sparta | 3rd Infantry Division | XVIII Airborne Corps | U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM)