LLAB 11

LLAB 11 was a new and fun experience for the GMC cadets. It involved a training exercise in which the cadets reenacted a deployment scenario. Each cadet was put in a group and each group was given a specific task. The POC acted as nationals of a foreign land as GMC tried to navigate and complete the overall mission of saving the president. When the exercise first began, the civil engineering group was tasked with setting up a camp. The firing squads guarded the area while a perimeter was set in place. The security forces groups set up and began guarding two ECPs, one at the west side of the camp and one at the east. The medic team setup their supplies in a designated area and began tending to any "injured" cadets. When the camp was completed, the firing squads set off on an expedition to rescue the president. The only information given to the squads was the location of the president, the basement of Herman Hall. The squads had to use the hand signals, room clearing, and defensive skills they had learned to infiltrate the building which was filled with hostile locals. Many were killed throughout the journey. By the time the president was found and secured, only three members of the originally fifteen member party remained. The three led the president safely back to the camp. Only one member of the squad and the president made it through the ECP and into the base before the ECP was attacked and the other two fire squad members were killed. Hostiles continued to attack the base and many cadets were killed in the struggle. Eventually, the exercise came to an end. This operation was a great learning experience. Putting their training into practice was an awesome way of helping the cadets solidify it in their minds and help learn even more new tactics.