{"id":17571,"date":"2017-11-09T21:50:16","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T21:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2017\/11\/09\/artificial-reality-the-cities-in-the-us-armys-real-world-scenarios\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:41:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:41:20","slug":"artificial-reality-the-cities-in-the-us-armys-real-world-scenarios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/itsec\/2017\/11\/09\/artificial-reality-the-cities-in-the-us-armys-real-world-scenarios\/","title":{"rendered":"Artificial reality: The cities in the US Army\u2019s real-world scenarios"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=afb193ee-a891-4e7a-83c6-628cf0635887\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-afb193ee-a891-4e7a-83c6-628cf0635887.jpg\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In the artificial city of Ujen, soldiers fight to overcome and defend more than 100 buildings and their inhabitants while facing humanitarian crises and the influx of refugees and migrants \u2014 all of this to replicate what U.S. Army strategists assume will be the challenges of future combat operations. (Kevin Schmidt\/Medill)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FORT IRWIN, Calif. \u2014 At the Fort Irwin National Training Center in southern California, the U.S. Army trains soldiers for overseas military operations partly by staging fights in realistic cities built throughout a massive training site in the Mojave Desert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the artificial city of Ujen, soldiers fight to overcome and defend more than 100 buildings and their inhabitants while facing humanitarian crises and the influx of refugees and migrants \u2014 all of this to replicate what Army strategists assume will be the challenges of future combat operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ujen has the look of a Middle Eastern city: a town square, a youth center, shops, cafes, religious centers and gift shops. But it can also be repurposed as an Eastern European town for alternative training exercises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of a recent two-week, brigade-level training session, American forces recaptured Ujen from enemy forces, but a counterattack from an insurgent group was in the works. Throughout the city, civilians went about their daily routines as the soldiers prepared for the counterattack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of Ujen\u2019s residents are professional actors who commute from Los Angeles and San Diego, portraying civilians of either Middle Eastern or Eastern European descent. 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