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Dismounted Infantrymen assault objective in bunker-busting exercise

By Sgt. Brandon BanzhafJune 25, 2014

Dismounted Infantrymen assault objective in bunker-busting exercise
1 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Staff Sgt. Christopher Arenas, a Long Beach, Calif., native and squad leader with 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, talks to a team member while in back of an M2A3 Bradley June 11 at Fort Hood, Texas.... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Dismounted Infantrymen assault objective in bunker-busting exercise
2 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Pfc. Shane Olson, a Wasilla, Alaska, native and M249 Squad Automatic Weapon gunner with 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, is on line with his team during an exercise June 11 at Fort Hood, Texas. Olson... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Dismounted Infantrymen assault objective in bunker-busting exercise
3 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Sgt. Jay Thomas, a Jackson, Tenn., native and team leader with 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, yells to his team to get into position June 11 at Fort Hood, Texas. Thomas and his team used individual... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Dismounted Infantrymen assault objective in bunker-busting exercise
4 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – An infantry squad with 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat, Team, 1st Cavalry Division, run back toward their M2A3 Bradley after assaulting a bunker June 11 at Fort Hood, Texas. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brandon Banzhaf, 3rd BCT PA... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

FORT HOOD, Texas - Infantrymen from 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, rehearsed dismounting and assaulting an objective June 11, while M2A3 Bradley crewmen completed Gunnery Table IX at Fort Hood, Texas.

Infantrymen used terrain and tactical vehicles to advance through simulated hostile forces and clear a bunker.

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