Underground Soldiers: Army trains for combat below surface Joe Lacdan, Army News Service HONOLULU –…
By Joe Lacdan, Army News Service
HONOLULU – Beneath the streets of the densely-populated Korean peninsula, U.S. Soldiers donned in heavy gear, traverse South Korea’s dim, underground tunnels.
To better face the daunting challenge of combat in large cities, Soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Division, 8th Army, have taken a step further: learning to move underground in the East Asian nation.
Eighth Army commander Lt. Gen. Bill Burleson said that Soldiers will need to learn how to operate below the surface to avoid sensors and monitoring devices on the ground level…
