U.S. Marine Corps Vertical Assault Course at Camp Pendleton, California

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The Vertical Assault Course at Camp Pendleton, California, is a high-intensity training program run by the Expeditionary Operations Training Group (EOTG). It bridges the gap between standard infantry tactics and specialized cliff/urban assault package operations.
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Okay. Please, don't leave trash in this area, don't leave trash in the classroom too.
Please, if you find cell phones, if you find wallets, if you find anything in their pockets, documents, that's all TSE.
Am I clear about that?
That's all TSE.
Take it to 100%. You should use it, and I encourage you to use it.
Just, in the planning process, make it very clear. I planned a launch.
If you've already, we want you to actually see what's going on in the scenario and decipher it yourself.
So, make sure you guys are doing that yourself.
Look at the shapes, man. You've got a circle on one side, and you've got an oval on the other side.
No, oval. Oval.
And then, uh, alright, we're gonna go.
Now you're gonna take the sat, which is this item right here.
The best way to open it, make sure it's, uh, right side up.
You just hand-tighten the bolt.
Okay?
Hand-tighten the bolt and make sure it's sitting there.
Free case.
Your CO2 battery will go in there.
Yeah, I put that one.
Take your BFA off.
Going down.
Right there?
Yeah.
Uh, back a little bit, like left.
Reactivate.
Yours?
Alright, guys, we're all ready.
Ready?
Gear.
We're gonna utilize this corner of the building as our LCC, last ever concealed position.
From there, breach team, that's where y'all are gonna prime in and prep your charge.
The rest of the squad is gonna...
Three, two, one.
They're blowing.
Execute.
We're blowing.
From there...
He's gonna probably send us at least two or three dudes to conduct our TSE so we can get it done faster.
Also, if we have an ETW in that, help us, uh, do our TSE.
So they're gonna call a TSE 15 minutes.
Once that 15 minutes starts, you're starting that TSE, right?
So, it's gonna be...
Roll down.
Okay, I just met the guy.
Now I'm gonna hit that.
Top, roll down.
Nothing.
The door.
Nothing's there.
I'm walking.
I'm pying.
You put this right here.
Hit.
Hit it in.
And then you would literally grab it like this.
Boom.
Flashing 12.
Flashing 12 is from outside.
It's not from inside.
Because this dude's right here just eating you alive.
It's literally from outside.
So as soon as you're...
Right here, I'm gonna spawn.
Pying.
I'm pying.
They spawned.
Alright, everyone face forward towards the door.
Get ready to make entry.
When I'm ready, I can make entry inside, okay?
But don't over expose yourself with the pie stuff, guys.
A lot of it is dangerous stuff.
Like, doing this is a false sense of security.
When you guys are stepping off onto that bird, over when we do DZ off at Cal 23, does that make sense?
Yes.
Secondary location, we've established between buildings that are, is oriented between buildings 6 and 7.
And then once they hit that first deck of building 7, they're going to break down and become
Had any cherry pickers part of your serials, you guys will then link up with that cherry picker.
You guys are going to get control of that Raider sailor, and you guys are going to put him on the bird with you.
Be keeping an eye on that tail trace with the air panel on the back of their Kevlar.
We're going to start moving back once phase line red is crossed.
We're going to move back.
Okay.
Fire.
And H, he showed you how to do Lost Marine.
What's your number?
You got it.
Safety off.
Fire.
Safety on.
Do not forget to grab your stuff.
It's good now.
You're going to do the other one.
You guys all learned how to do it.
Hey, we have one enemy second story building 6.
Yes.
We're moving out.
A little bit more.
Just be like, move you where it's safe.
Hey, you got nobody else inside, so you're tracking.
All support's coming from inside here.
Hey, let me get two.
Two.
Two CCPs.
Building 5 status.
Are you guys clear?
Good.
Ready to go.
Fire an ASM round at that window and destroy that mall.
Or destroy that machine gun.
So what we need to do.
Yeah.
Move.
Upstairs.
Move.
They're going up.
And it's separated, right?
Someone's clear.
Or else.
Push.
For you guys to see the marks building clear as I'm coming by.
So by the breach, we're going to send dudes out.
And they're going to break the rest of the wall.
Who's this?
Alright, cool.
Send me for ladders.
Doc.
Yeah, Doc's still here.
Alright.
Go with the hit.
Go with the hit team.
Probably disrupt HVT.
Let them get in there to do the reduction.
We got to get out.
Because we got.
Yeah.
Let's go. Who do I got?
Roberson.
Alright, sick.
And we're going right to building 6.
Alright.
Litter.
No litter.
In route.
Hey guys, copy your security right now.
Okay.
Who's this?
He's yours.
Where is he?
He's here right now.
Alright, let's start moving.
We got to start moving them over.
Here we go.
Roger.
Hey, pass it across.
Hey, top floor, building 6, clear.
Hey, one re-entry.
Roger.
