Thick vegetation, nearly vertical slopes and a constant battle with the unknown are just some of the many obstacles faced by students going through the Jungle Warfare Training Center’s reconnaissance and surveillance course. U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, attended Okinawa’s JWTC for a 10-day course from Jan. 4-14, aiming to sharpen their mission capabilities in contested areas. This course is a small look into a larger initiative from the Marine Corps’ Stand-in Force concept, which emphasizes lethality and survivability in austere environments...




Source: Breaking through the Canopy at JWTC