MOUT

The Strategic Operations "military operations in urban terrain" (MOUT) facilities replicate urban environments military units find themselves in when they deploy in support of the Global War on Terrorism.

Strategic Operations provides the "opposing force" (OPFOR) for the exercise -- men and women who are fully trained, armed and dressed in appropriate wardrobe to match the mission specific scenario, freeing individuals in the exercise to participate in the training evolution. Role Players replicate indigenous people and their customs.

Strategic Operations mobile MOUT facilities feature lightweight composite structures (movable by four people or a forklift), interchangeable facadas (Iraq today, Afghanistan next week, or any other place in the world the following week), detailed set dressing, props, sound and video recording systems, automated movie-style special effects, sensors, and communications. Designed for use with UTM Munitions, MILES 2000 or Simunitions, these facilities can be instrumented with Cubic defense Applications and deployable Homestation Instrumented Training System. This system allows battle commanders to monitor live force-on-force position, weapons events and status in real-time. This training exercise control system is fully integrated with GPS-based digital player units and MILES 2000 equipment for direct and indirect fire weapons simulations and tracking of forces throughout the training area.

Exercise events can be recorded for replay during multimedia After Action Review (AAR) presentations in mobile AAR facilities. While units are debriefing in the AAR facilities, props, special effects, and even the sets themselves can be reconfigured.

As with AAR, facilities for command and control, operations, and trading are housed in mobile structures. Makeup, wardrobe, special effects crews, role players and OPFOR also operate out of mobal structures, all designed to blend in with the terrain and produce negligible impact on the environment.