MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, CA - Ndivo vaMarines vanojekesa nzira yekurwa. Marines anonzi "sappers" anoshandisa mano ekunyengera uye unyanzvi hwokukunda kukudzivirira kwevavengi uye vanodzidza kuzviita zvakanaka muCamp Pendleton.
Sapper inopa mauto- mauto Marines mukana wekudzidza maitiro matsva, kubva mumunda unofamba uchienda kunoputika nekuputika munguva yehondo.
Izwi rokuti "sapper" rakadzokera muna 1501. Sappers tsika dzinovaka nekugadzirisa masvingo, asiwo dzinosanganisira kuparadzwa kwechikamu sechikamu chemhizha yavo. Vanoputsa zvidziviriro zvevavengi kuti vatevere pavana.
Iko-svondo yevhiki masere-refu sapper inogadzirisa simba reMarine uye simba remuviri pakuedza.
"Sapper inoendesa maMarines kusanganiswa kwakanaka kwepfungwa nemagariro," akadaro Gunnery Sgt. Dave J. Dill, mukuru musingashandisi mukuru-ari mutariri weSapper course ne 1st Combat Engineer Battalion.
Basa reSapper rokutambira harisi kungovaka pfungwa dzeMarine uye simba, asiwo kuvadzidzisa zvidzidzo zvekutanga uye zvakapfurikidza zvehondo.
"Chinangwa chechikoro cheSapper ndechekumanikidzira muchengeti wechiuto Marines kuburikidza nedzimwe nzira kuti anzwisise pfungwa dzekufambisa kwekufambisa kwemafambisi, kuparadza nekugadzirisa uye kushanda nemichina yakasvibiswa," akadaro Staff Sgt. Shaun A. Anderson, murayiridzi mukuru weSapper chikoro.
Kunyange zvazvo Sapper kudzidziswa kuchikoro inongotarisana chete nehondo yekugadzira ingwaru, Marines haafaniri kuva varwi vehondo kuti vasaina.
"Chaizvoizvo marines akawanda muhondo dzehondo (masangano emabasa ehondo) anogona kusayina Sapper nguva," akadaro Dill.
Kuisa chikwangwani cheSapper chikoro ndechekusarudzwa, akawedzera.
"Kazhinji Marines akadana kana kutumira tsamba e-mail kuti tione kuti zvigaro zvakadini zvinowanikwa muChikoro cheMarines mune imwe unit," akadaro Dill.
"Takanga tine mauto uye zvombo zvechikepe Marines akauya kuSapper course, uye taive nevekugadzirira kupikisa kuenda kuchikoro," akadaro.
Sapper chikoro chine zvikamu zvishanu zvinokonzera Marines kumiganhu yavo, Dill vakati. Chokutanga chikamu chekukurukurirana uye kugadziriswa kwenyika, chikamu chechipiri chiri kutarisa, chikamu chechitatu ndechekucherechedza, chikamu chechina ndechehondo yemigodhi uye chikamu chechishanu chiri kuparadzwa.
Mushure mokunge Marines apedza zvikamu zvishanu zvese, ruzivo rwavo runoedzwa mumuedzo wezuva mashanu, Anderson akati.
Vadzidzi vanodonhedzwa nemhepo kuenda kunharaunda yekudzidziswa. Pakarepo tsoka dzavo dzarova pasi, basa ravo rinotanga.
"Muedzo wokupedzisira unoratidza Marines kuti ungashanda sei pasi pekumanikidzwa, semukana chaiwo wekurwa," akadaro Anderson. "Zvishoma nezvishoma kuti tisazorara uye zvokudya zvishomanana, 'Finex' yakangofanana nemamiriro ekurwisana."
Vadzidzisi vanoita basa rinokosha muSapper nzira, Dill vakati.
Sgt. Albert H. Finan III, aimbova mudzidzi wechikoro cheSapper, akabvumirana.
"Vadzidzisi vacho vaibatsira chaizvo," akadaro Finan, iye zvino anoshanda semudzidzisi. "Vakakurumidza kupindura mibvunzo ipi zvayo yevadzidzi."
Marines dzimwe nguva vanofunga kuti havakwanise kuenderera mberi uye vanoda kusiya mhando, asi vadzidzisi vakatsunga kumanikidza Marines kuburikidza nekupedza kudzidza, Dill vakati.
"Vakawanda veMarines vanofamba neSapper nzira inova nani Marines zvakakwana semugumisiro wekudzidziswa kwavanotsungirira," akadaro Dill.