earn $11.25 hr. training US troops - for real, in Texas

[donsu]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,128862,00.html

Some unique training is taking place on the hills of Fort Hood (search), with civilians playing a key role in preparing U.S. soldiers for Iraq.

Civilians, who are paid $11.25 an hour, dress up in traditional Arab garb while taunting and tricking troops in a fake Iraqi town.

All the dangers of Iraq are here, including booby traps like a grenade hidden inside a cabinet. It is crucial for soldiers to learn how to detect, defuse and avoid improvised explosive devices (search) that are killing an average of two American soldiers a day. The Army says using real civilians provides great benefits, in part because soldiers don't have to fill those roles.

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Civilians riot, act as homicide bombers, beg for help and hurl insults at the soldiers. The men also act as snipers, playing war games with the real soldiers.

"Anything I can do to help the soldiers because you hear so many die," said civilian George Beaver.
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yeah, 2 a day

and the wounded? the torn apart?

bring all the troops, including mercenaries home now.

[atreides1]

1. But

If this training is scripted, it's useless. I used to be an agressor when I was in the Army, and the only instructions we were given was what target to attack.

How we accomplished this was totally up to us.