US Army soldiers are training to operate at night in the challenging jungle environment of the Pacific.
During a recent war game, soldiers engaged in a long-range maritime air assault to seize an airfield at night.
US Army Pacific held its large-scale annual Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center training rotation in Hawaii earlier this month.
During this year's JPMRC rotation in Hawaii, soldiers executed a long-range maritime air assault involving around 300 soldiers traveling to seize an airfield 200 miles away in the middle of the night.
Tiffany BanksBut night operations, Evans said, are a "perishable skill," meaning if troops don't continue to test it, they'll lose it.
Persons:
—, USARPAC, Marcus Evans, Evans, JPMRC, Tiffany Banks, Sgt
Organizations:
Army, Service, US Army, US Army Pacific, Pacific Multinational Readiness Center, U.S, US, 25th Infantry Division, U.S . Army, Staff, U.S . Air National Guard, JPMRC, Pentagon
Locations:
Hawaii, Alaska, Philippines, Ukraine, JPMRC, China