Nhau naCpl. Ryan D. Libbert
Cherechedza: Marine Corps haina nzvimbo imwe yeSERE Training. VaMarines vanoita SERE kudzidziswa pamitambo yakasiyana-siyana yeMarine Corps munyika yose.
CAMP GONSALVES, Okinawa, Japan - Mumakomo ekuchamhembe eOkinawa kune boka revanhu vakadzingwa, pasina rubatsiro rwekudya, mvura, pokugara uye zvinhu zvinokosha zvinodiwa kuti zvirambe zviripo. Vakaneta, vane nzara uye vachitarisira kuenda kumusha pamagumo ematambudziko avo.
Izvi zvingaita sechiitiko che "Kupona," uye nenzira yakati. Asi panzvimbo yemakwikwi, vanhu vanobatana vari maUnited Marines uye hakusi mubayiro wemamiriyoni ekupedzisira.
Kuponeswa, Kuparadzana, Kurwisana uye Kudzivirira Kudzidzira (SERE) kunoitwa mwedzi mumwe nomumwe paJungle Warfare Training Centre muCamp Gonsalves.
Maererano naVa Staff Sgt. Clinton J. Thomas, murayiridzi mukuru paJWTC, chinangwa chechikoro ndechekudzidzisa Marines unyanzvi hwavanoda kana vakazoparadzana kubva muzvikwata zvavo munzvimbo yekurwa uye vanofanira kupona kubva munyika iyo vachidzinga muvengi.
"Tinonyanya kufunga nezvekuchengetedza uye kudzivisa zvikamu zvedzidzo zvakanyanya kudarika zvatinoita nekurwisana nekupukunyuka," guru Rapid, kuMichigan, wekuzvarwa akati. "Tinovadzidzisa zvakakwana kuti vararame ivo pachavo munharaunda yeOkinawan.Kana muchigona kuita izvozvo, munogona kurarama chero kupi zvako."
Dzidzo yemazuva gumi nemaviri inoputsika muzvikamu zvitatu: dzidzo yekudzidzira, kupona uye kudzivisa.
Mumazuva matatu okutanga, Marines anoiswa munzvimbo yekirasi apo vadzidzisi vanovadzidzisa zvidzidzo zvekugara. Vanodzidziswa nzira yekuziva nekubata zvikafu, kuvaka zvishandiso, kutanga moto uye kuvaka imba yekugara.
Chirongwa chekupona chinowanikwa pamahombekombe apo Marines akaisa dzidzo yavakagamuchira kuti vashandise kuburikidza ivo pachavo kwemazuva mashanu vasina chinhu asi banga, canteen uye yunifomu yekushandiswa kwekambouflage pamasana avo.
Chikamu chekupedzisira chesikoro mazuva mana akareba uye Marines akaparadzana muzvikwata zvevarume vana kusvika ku5. Mapoka acho anofanira kuramba achifamba mumatope uye tangled jungle kuti arege kuendeswa nevadzidzi kubva pamba rekutsvaga vanhu.
"Takavaka musasa wedu wePOW (musungwa-wehondo) apo tinowedzera vadzidzi kana vakundwa," Thomas akati. "Vanomanikidzwa kupfekedza yunifomu dzePOW dzatakaita uye vadzidzisi vanobvunzurudza uye vanoedza kutora ruzivo kubva kwavari kuti vaongorore kukwirira kwavo . Tinovaisa vakasununguka mushure memaawa akawanda kuitira kuti vasashandise nguva yose yekudzivirira muPOW camp . "
Munguva yavo muPOW musasa, Marines anosungirwa kumanikidzirwa zvakadai sekuchera matanho, kuzadza sandbags nekucheka huni. Izvo zvinowanikwawo mumakumbo maduku matatu-cube cube-seyero iyo iyo inoedzwa nechingwa kuti ipe ruzivo.
Pavanenge vachienda kuhondo, vaMarines vanopiwa rusununguko rwokusununguka chero kupi kwavanofarira mukati maJWTC 20,000-acre training grounds. Kana manheru achiswedera pedyo, vanorayirwa kuti vawane "nzvimbo yakachengeteka" apo vanotapa havabvumirwi kupinda. Kana vakakwanisa kusvika munzvimbo yakachengeteka, vadzidzi vanogona kuwana maawa mashanu kusvika matanhatu ekurara usiku humwe. Kana vasingakwanisi kuwana nzvimbo yacho, ivo vachiri pasi pekutorwa uye vangangowana maawa mashomanana ekurara kana pane zvachose.
Muvhareji mudzidzi anorasikirwa ne12-15 mapaundi paanenge achipfuura muchikoro. Munguva yavo mumunda vanofanira kuvimba nezvokudya zvakapiwa kwavari kuburikidza nezvokudya zvepanyama mumusango, zvakadai semiti midzi, nyoka, zvipembenene uye hove.
Vadzidzi vanobatana vanodzidza kuti vapinde mukurwadziwa kwekushaya nenzara uye kusuruvara nekugara vachikurudzirwa uye vachiziva zvavari kuitika.
"Ndaifunga kuti chikamu chekupona chaive chichifadza," akadaro Lance Cpl. Daniel L. Pendergast, mhirizhonga ane bhomba yekutanga, 25 Marine Regiment ikozvino yakagoverwa ku 4th Marine Regiment. "Handisati ndajairira kutora zvokudya zvangu uye kuwana kana kuvaka chivako changu.Chikoro chacho chakandiratidza kuti mamiriyoni angu ndeapi nekureba kwandinoenda kunze kwekudya.Kudzidza nzira yekugadzirisa nayo iyo ndiyo yega yakaoma chikamu . "