Oct. 11, 2011 -- Composed of the same materials as the rocky, desert terrain it depicts ... stressful environment provided by the National Training Center, known as NTC. The exercise is controlled ...

Patrick O'Neal would offer to leaders coming to the National Training Center, it's that they should ... ability to adapt as they try to seize key terrain and defend against enemy counterattacks.

FORT IRWIN, California -- One of the takeaways 3rd Infantry Division soldiers here can agree on is that the National Training Center shows ... to use the mountainous terrain to hide their ...