Sand Sailors

Basesisi ba likepe ba nka karolo mesebetsing ea litoropong ho ba lokisetsa hantle hore na ba ka ba le eng linaheng tse ling tsa ts'ebetso. Official Navy Photo
ka JO1 (SW / AW) John Osborne

Leqheka le monate la M-16 le kenyeletsa, le kentse letsoho ka lebaka la lithōle tse tšabehang tsa lithunya tse ngata tsa mochine le ho phatloha. Sergeant ea sesole sa sesole se hoeletsa litaelo ka lebaka la ntoa ea ho loana e le Bahlabani ba hlometseng ba apereng liaparo tsa lehoatata le lihlomo tsa 'mele ba otlang lerōleng' me ba itokiselitse ho kenyelletsa sera ho fihlela hoseng ka khotso hoseng, Fort Jackson, SC, ho fetoha ntoa ea sebele .

"Monyako ke mokoala o bolaeang! Ha ho joalo, u se ke ua ema moo! Hooah? "E ruta Alpha Company Task Force Marshall (TFM) Lebotho la Basebetsi ba Sgt. David Lyle, joaloka lerōle 'me a tsuba ka ho hlaka le ho khutsa. "Hooah!" Tlosa kutloisiso e tsoang ho basesisi ba likepe ba bangata, ba nang le "Aye, Ayes" ba seng bakae ba kenngoa ka hare. Sergeantse ea likoloi o hlahloba sehlopha sa hae sa barupeluoa ba ikhethang fatše mme o lemoha motho e mong a sa phutholoha.

Lyle o bone lintho tse ngata lebothong la hae la sesole, empa ha ho mohla a neng a nahana hore o tla koetlisa sehlopha sa masole a US Navy Sailors, bao ka matsatsi a seng makae a neng a ka isoa Iraq le Afghanistan ho ea fa barab'abo hae ba masole ba nang le bo- ba hloka thuso nakong e telele ea ntoa khahlanong le bokhukhuni.

Leha ho le joalo, eena le li-sergeants tsa hae ba ntse ba le teng, ba tsamaisang maruisi a marang-rang, ba ba kenya ka lehlabatheng le nang le lithupa le litekanyetso tse tsamaeang ka har'a metse e meholo e entsoeng bakeng sa mesebetsi ea litoropong.

Masole a tla boela a be mabifi le metsoalle ho etsa hore maemo a koetliso a sebetse.

Sesole sa Pele Sgt. Kevin Bramlett, masole a phahameng ea ngolisitsoeng Alpha Alpha, o ikarabella ho baetapele ba 18 ba sesole sa sesole sa TFM ba nang le boikarabelo ba ho koetlisetsa Navy Individual Augmentees (IA). Basesisi ba likepe ba tla tlatsetsa mabotho a sesole lefats'e ka bophara e le karolo ea ts'ebeliso ea tšebeletso e kopanetsoeng e bitsoang US Navy Individual Augmentee Combat Training (USNIACT).

"Ke ruile molemo ka ho qala ho sebetsa le tšebeletso e 'ngoe," Bramlett a re. "Ha ke ntse ke ithutile hore na ts'ebetso e fapaneng ea ts'ebeletso e fapane joang, ke tlameha ho fetola mokhoa oa ka oa koetliso e le hore ba utloisise."

Batlatsi ba sekepe ba sebetsang ka thata le ba Reservists, ho tloha ho tloha ho E-3 ho ea ho ea 6, ba koetlisetsoa libeke tse peli McCrady Training Centre ho Fort Jackson ebe joale ba romeloa holong ea lipapali Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Horn ea Afrika (Djibouti) le libaka tse ling tse kotsi lefatšeng.

Empa Basesisi ba likepe ba tlohela ho sireletseha ha likepe tsa bona ho tsamaea le libetsa har'a mekhoa ea ho phatloha (IED), ba palame ka lipalangoang le ho hlakola mehaho ea lifetoheli tsa lira?

"Ha ke kena Navy e le setsebi sa Basebetsi, ha kea ka ka nahana hore ke tla itokisetsa ho loana fatše, empa ke tlohetse mekhoa ea ka e bulehile, ke tseba hore ke tlameha ho itokisetsa ho etsa eng kapa eng eo ke e botsitsoeng," ho boletse PS3. Mark Hutchinson, ea neng a pholletsa le koetliso ea IA Fort Fort ha a ntse a itokisetsa ho isoa ho Kuwait.

Joaloka basesisi ba bangata ba tsamaisoang ke IA, Hutchinson o khethiloe ka taelo ea hae, empa o 'nile a inka e le moithaopi ka lebaka la ho nka kano ea ho ngolisa le ho apara seaparo sa Navy. "Ha ba re ba hloka, ke ne ke itokiselitse ho ea," a re.

Ho tsamaea ka lehong ho tletse lisebelisoa tsa phaene, ho phalla ka lehlabathe le tebileng, ho chesa mocheso o ka tlaase ho liaparo tse 66 tsa liaparo le thepa le ho palama mokoloto o qetellang ho kena motseng o entsoeng ka mabokose a ferekaneng a Connex ke phetoho e kholo ea mosebetsi oa Hutchinson o fetileng Tšepo ea Ts'ehetso ea Basebetsi Pensacola, Fla., Empa boikutlo ba hae bo bontša seo Morena oa Sekepe sa Ts'ebetso (CNO) a neng a se batla ho tloha ho likepe ba likepe ha a re o batla hore Navy e kene ntoeng.

"Mantsoe ana a mabeli a pele ka Leqheka la Sechaba la Tšireletso ke 'Amerika e le Ntoeng,'" ho boletse RADM Dave Gove, molaoli, Ntoa ea Basebetsi ba Ntoa ea Ntoa (NPDC) le Navy Personnel Command (NPC), ea okametseng lenaneo lena la koetliso ea IA. "Re lokela ho ba malala-a-laotsoe ho ts'ehetsa tšebeletso ea tšehetso ea tšebeletso ea ntoa eo CNO e ikemiselitseng ho netefatsa hore re thusa ho koahela mabotho a fatše naheng."

Ho na le baeti ba ka bang 10 000 ba sebetsang likoloteng tsa IA, ba arohanngoa pakeng tsa mosebetsi o sebetsang le likarolo tsa libaka. Boholo ba IA bo fumana litaelo tsa Central Command e Iraq le Afghanistan.

"Re tlamehile ho netefatsa hore basesisi ba likepe ba rona ba thusang ho tšehetsa matla a fatše a marine le a sesole ba na le kutloisiso e nepahetseng hore ba sebetsane le tikoloho ea bona 'me ba atlehe ho phethahatsa thōmo ea bona," Gove a re.

Kenya Fort Jackson le batsamaisi ba eona ba lihlopha tsa sesole. Tlas'a leihlo le lebetseng la Makhotla oa TFM Battalion Lt. Col. Doug Snyder le balaoli ba Alpha, Bravo le Charlie Companies, barupeli le liithuti ka tsela e tšoanang ba tlameha ho lahla seo ba se rutiloeng ka litsela tse ngata ho tloha koetliso ea bona ea ho hireloa ho koetlisa le ho koetlisoa .

"Tlhōlo e khōlō ho Basesisi ba likepe ke tšabo ea ho ba lebotho la sesole sa ntoa," Army Capt, e leng Army Capt ea bitsoang Alpha, e leng Jim Hulgan, ea tla thusa ho fana ka likoloi tse koetlisitsoeng ba IAA tse 3 700 tse koetlisitsoeng ho balaoli ba ntoa selemong sena sa lichelete. "Maemong a mang ba e nka habonolo, ba bang ha ba e nke. Re sebelisa tse ling tsa nkho ea batesisi ba likepe 'me re leka ho pheta thupelo ho ntho eo ba e tsebang haholoanyane. Ka Lebotho la rona re khutlisetsa baahi ho ba sesole, empa ha se seo re se etsang mona.

"Taba ea pele, re ba tsebisa Matsoho le lithuto tsa ntoa e le hore ba tsebe hantle hore na sesole se etsa khoebo joang le ho utloisisa seo masole a se etsang ho fana ka thuso e sebetsang," ho boletse Hulgan.

"Ea bobeli, ba fumana boikutlo ba ho ba le tšepo hore ba hlile ba khona ho etsa mesebetsi eo ba e rometsoeng ho e etsa."

Empa tsela eo batesisi ba likepe ba tsamaeang ka eona ho ea fihla moo ha ho bonolo. Ho tloha ha ba fihla Fort Jackson, lebelo le potlakile ebile le matla. Basesisi ba likepe ha ba na letho empa liaparo tsa bona li le ka morao 'me hang-hang ba koetlisetsoa ka har'a sepakapaka sa sesole.

E qala ka taba ea seaparo sa junifomo, ho pota-pota lehoatata kapa seaparo sa ntoa se secha sa ntoa, le liphahlo tsa 'mele tsa li-Interceptor (IBA). Setsi sena se phethoa ke Rapid Fielding Initiative, e kenyeletsang Helmet e ncha ea Likhohlano e Khōlō, lieta tsa ntoa tsa masea le Wiley X Goggles.

Ho tloha ka nako eo ho ea pele, li-sergeants tsa likoloki li na le sepheo se ka sehloohong sa ho beha li-IA ho kelello ea Masole. Lithuto tsa ho loantša lihlopha li etselitsoe ho ruta Basesisi ba likepe tsebo ea ho nahana e le hore ba be baetsi ba liqeto tse bohlale, haholo-holo maemong a maholo a maholo le a mahlomola. Seo se bolela hore har'a lintho tse ling, ho fihla Baetlisisi ba likepe, ba phutholohile le ba nang le tsebo ka hohle kamoo ho ka khonehang le libetsa tse fapa-fapaneng tseo ba tla li sebelisa holong ea lipapali.

Ntle le ho fana ka koetliso ea libetsa, barupeli ba lithupelo ba susumelletsa Basesisi ba likepe ho hlophisa le ho sebetsa e le lihlopha. Tataiso ea mantlha e fanoa libakeng tse fapaneng tsa ntoa, ho kenyeletsoa mekhoa ea patrol, puisano, tsamaiso ea mobu, thuso ea pele, MEDEVAC, tlhokomeliso ea setso le maemo a hlaselang litoropong. Sepheo ke ho etsa bonnete ba hore haeba ba le boemong bo loantšanang, ba tla ba le bonyane ba koetlisoang ho ba thusa hore ba itšoare hantle 'me ka tšepo ba ba boloke ba phela.

Mookameli ea ka sehloohong Yeoman Larkin Whetstone, e leng molaoli ea ka sehloohong oa Ofisi ea Bohokahanyi ba Navy bakeng sa thupelo, o itse ha ho mohla ba lokelang ho lebala hore ba fumana feela motheo oa koetliso ea litsebo tsa ntoa e tla hahuoa ka ho koetlisoa pele ha ba fihla lipapaling.

O re: "Re ruta lithuto tsa pele tsa ntoa le ho pholoha," o ile a re. "Ha re leke ho khutlisetsa basesisi ba likepe ho ba malapa a masea."

Mohlomong ha ho joalo, empa letsatsi la koetliso la IA ha le letho leo le ka le soma, ebang ke.

"U khathetse, empa ke phihlelo e tsotehang ea koetliso," ho boletse CAPT Marcus Fisk, mohlokomeli le moetapele oa Sehlopha sa 506. "Re nyolohile ka hora ea bohlano hoseng 'me re kenya matsatsi a lihora tse 18 ka linako tse ling, empa barupeli ba ipabola ebile Kea ithabisa haholo. "

Whetstone o potlakela ho rorisa barupeli ba Lebotho bakeng sa koetliso e pholosang bophelo eo ba fanang ka eona, empa hape o batla hore basebetsi ba sekepe ba utloisise kamoo masole a ananelang tšebeletso ea sesole kateng.

"Re ile ra kopa sesole ho etsa tšebeletso ena e le hore re lebeletse ho tšoaroa joaloka moreki, empa ba tšoere Navy joaloka molekane," ho boletse Whetstone. "Barupeli ba lithupelo ba susumelletseha haholo hobane ba hlokomela hore na ba teng hokae, e leng ho boloka bophelo. Baa tseba hore nako le nako ha ba romella sekepe sa sekepe ho bolela hore masole a mang a nka khefu. "

Fisk o bona koetliso ena e le pontšo e tobileng ea keketseho ea ts'ebetsong ea tšebeletso ea kopane ho finyella ho fetola litlhoko tsa sesole.

"Ke nahana hore koetliso ena e tlisa tlhokomelo le kutloisiso ea hore seo re neng re tloaetse ho se etsa Lebothong la Navy li fetoha," ho boletse mookameli oa ntoa ea holim'a metsi ea qetileng lilemo tse 10 Navy Special Operations. "Ha u nahana hore karolo ea 85 lekholong ea baahi ba lefats'e ba phela lik'hilomithara tse 200 tsa leoatle 'me ho na le lik'hilomithara tse fetang 900 000 tsa linōka tse tsamaeang ka sekepe lefatšeng, u bona ho bohlokoa hore Lebotho la Navy le kenye letsoho fatše.

Ke nahana nakong e tlang mofuta ona oa koetliso e tla fetoha puso ho e-na le hore e be eona feela. "

Snyder o itse: "Basesisi ba likepe ba ne ba sa tsebe hore na ho thata hakae mesebetsing ena, e kang ho ba setho se sebetsang hantle sa mesebetsi ea litoropong." "Ha ke khone ho hatella ka ho lekaneng hore na ho itokiselitse ha sekepe sa bohlokoa se hokae thupelong ena. Ke hloka ho fihla mona ho loketse ho koetlisa. Seo se bolela hore ba na le litlhoko tsohle tsa bona tsa bongaka le tsa meno tse phethiloeng, 'me litokomane tsa bona li loketse' me li lokiselitsoe 'meleng, kelellong le ka bomong.

"Ho nka batesisi ba likepe ba hlano kapa ba tšeletseng ba se nang phihlelo ea ntoa le ho ba susumetsa hore e be sehlopha se sebetsang le se tsitsitseng e le hore ba ka finyella sepheo sa bona sa sepheo ke lintho tse ngata tseo ba lokelang ho li botsa ka nako e khutšoanyane joalo," Snyder a tsoela pele. "Re ba ruta ho tswela, ho tsamaea le mohlomong ho qala ho tsuba. Hang ha ba le lipapaling, ba e fetisetsa boemong bo latelang, empa ba tlameha ho ba le ho hong ho sebetsang ho bona 'me ba tla e fumana mona. "