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With the deployment of an exportable version of the U.S. Army\u2019s Joint Pacific Multinational Combat Training Center to the Philippines complete<\/a>, the service plans to enhance the training in its next iteration in the Southeast Asian country with improved mobility and sustainment capability<\/a> and more unmanned systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is a tremendous opportunity to train on the ground side by side with our Philippines partners<\/a>, a tremendous opportunity for our aviation assets to fly and to land on unfamiliar terrain, an opportunity for them to work through the different environmental conditions,\u201d Maj. Gen. Marcus Evans, the Army\u2019s commander of the 25th Infantry Division based in Hawaii, recently told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the soldier level, the two countries were able to \u201ccoordinate and integrate protection assets, fires assets and sustainment assets,\u201d Evans added. \u201cLikewise, at the division level, we were able to establish a joint operations center that integrated both the [Philippines] 7th Infantry Division staff as well as the 25th Infantry Division staff to support the overall training.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 25th ID ran the JPMRC X training event at Fort Magsaysay in central Luzon from late May to June as the second part of Salaknib, a bilateral exercise with the U.S. Army, marking the first time the JPMRC X had been taken west of the International Date Line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defense News was on the ground at Fort Magsaysay<\/a> before the start of the training exercise as the unit was busy setting up for the event meant to help the Philippines Armed Forces expand its concept of operations into territorial defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evans told Defense News in advance of the exercise that it was bringing its full suite of instrumentation capabilities as part of the JPMRC X event in the Philippines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs an example, we\u2019re going to be able to monitor our forces as well as the Philippines Armed Forces as they are executing operations that simulate a combat environment,\u201d he said. \u201cWe will be able to assess indirect fires employment, we will be able to assess how quickly they are able to treat their casualties, how quickly they are able to move and sustain the force, what their water consumption is, what their power generation capability is, how effective they are with using their mission command.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Challenging climate<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The biggest challenge the forces faced during the first JPMRC X rotation in the Philippines was sustainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe team was operating at a higher elevation, they were operating in 95-plus-degree temperatures with five hours of rain in the afternoon, which contributed about 100% humidity,\u201d Evans said. \u201cThe water consumption was very high and there was an increased requirement to be able to resupply both forces; a lesson learned is how do you now plan for that preposition of water supplies, work around environmental factors that preclude the use of our helicopters to be able to resupply.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mitigating a soldiers\u2019 load and being able to ensure it is accounted for in logistics planning is another effort now underway after the JPMRC X rotation, Evans noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor survivability, we learned from our Filipino partners, carrying less on the march is far better for success,\u201d the 25th ID\u2019s Command Sgt. Maj. Shaun Curry told reporters in the same briefing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, the time of day to move throughout terrain is \u201cslightly different\u201d from moving through the terrain inside of Hawaii where the JPMRC rotations take place regularly, Curry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. soldiers carry roughly 72 hours worth of water, food, ammunition and personal resupply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow do you get them that equipment further, faster, deeper into the jungle?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New solutions on the way<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The 25th ID plans to test out ways to lighten the load for soldiers in its full JPMRC rotation in Hawaii this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s where robotics could be worked into the equation, Curry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUsing small [unmanned aircraft systems], throwing it up in the air, looking to see what\u2019s in front of you the next one to 300 meters allows the soldiers at the squad level to know that it\u2019s clear and be able to move or find water or food if they need to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To help sustain the force at the JPMRC X rotation in the Philippines next year, the Army also plans to bring the GM Defense-made Infantry Squad Vehicle<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Army plans to deploy the Infantry Squad Vehicle manufactured by GM Defense at next year’s JPMRC X in the Philippines. (General Motors)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will have those during the next time we train in the Philippines,\u201d Evans said, \u201cso the ability to sustain the force increases because you got a mounted capability that has a smaller wheelbase that can maneuver around and in that more restricted terrain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the 25th ID did not incorporate the ISV, Defense News observed on the ground at Balikatan<\/a> \u2014 another exercise held in the Philippines in May \u2014 other U.S. Army units using the vehicles as far north as Basco, part of a chain of remote islands just south of Taiwan, where an ISV was quickly loaded from a seaside cliff into a CH-47F Chinook cargo helicopter and whisked off during an exfiltration operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, the Philippines Armed Forces wants to continue to enhance procedural interoperability between staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey appreciate the opportunity to integrate at the staff level for the execution all the way down [to] the employment of fire assets, maneuver assets and sustainment assets and they would like to see that expanded in future JPMRC training events,\u201d Evans said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 25th ID\u2019s next JPMRC rotation in Hawaii will feature new capabilities for light formations such as small UAS and other robotics capabilities along with the new ISVs and the unit will take lessons learned from the event and apply them to not only future JPMRC X rotations but also in other exercises that are a part of Operation Pathways, a series of U.S. Army events throughout the Pacific meant to enhance relationships between allies and partners in the theater.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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