Indaba ngeCpl. Ryan D. Libbert
Qaphela: I-Marine Corps ayinayo indawo eyodwa ye-SERE Training. Ama-Marines aqhuba ukuqeqeshwa kwe-SERE emazingeni ahlukahlukene e-Marine Corps emhlabeni jikelele.
I-CAMP GONSALVES, i-Okinawa, eJapane - Ezindaweni ezisenyakatho ye-Okinawa kukhona iqembu labantu abathintekayo, ngaphandle kokudla, amanzi, indawo yokukhosela kanye nezidingo eziyisisekelo ezidingekayo ukuze zisinde. Bakhathele, belambile futhi bebheke phambili ekuyeni ekhaya ekupheleni kokuhlupheka kwabo.
Lokhu kungase kuzwakale njengesiqephu esithi "Osindile," futhi ngomqondo othile. Kodwa esikhundleni sabamncintiswaneni, abantu abathintekayo yi-US Marines futhi akusikho umklomelo wezigidigidi ekugcineni.
Ukusinda, Ukuhlasela, Ukuphikiswa Nokuqeqesha (SERE) kubanjwe njalo ngenyanga e-Jungle Warfare Training Centre eCamp Gonsalves.
Ngokusho kwabasebenzi bakwaSgt. UClinton J. Thomas, umfundisi omkhulu kuJWTC, inhloso yenkambo ukufundisa amaMarine amakhono adingekayo uma ehlukaniswa namayunithi endaweni yokulwa futhi kumele asinde ezweni lapho evimba isitha.
"Sigxile kakhulu emisebenzini yokuphila nokuphuthumayo yenkambo kakhulu kunokuba senze ngokumelene nokuphunyuka," kusho i-Grand Rapids, eMichigan, okukhulunywa ngaye. "Sibafundisa ngokwanele ukuba baphile ngokwabo ehlathini lase-Okinawan. Uma ungakwenza lokho, ungaphila cishe noma kuphi."
Inkambo yezinsuku ezingu-12 ihlehlisiwe ibe yizigaba ezintathu: imfundo yokufundela ekilasini, ukusinda nokuphepha.
Phakathi nezinsuku ezintathu zokuqala, amaMarines afakwa endaweni yokufundela lapho abafundisi bebafundisa khona izinto eziyisisekelo zokusinda. Bafundiswa indlela yokubona nokubamba ukudla, ukwakha amathuluzi, ukuqala imililo nokwakha indawo yokuhlala.
Isigaba sokusinda senziwa ogwini lapho amaMarines abeka khona ukuqeqeshwa abathola ukuthi basebenzise ngokuzimela bebodwa izinsuku ezinhlanu ngaphandle kommese, isitsha se-canteen kanye nesifenqo se-utility sifike emhlane.
Isigaba sokugcina senkambo sesinezinsuku ezine futhi amaMarines aphulwa abe amaqembu amadoda amane kuya kwahlanu. Amathimba kumele ahlale ehamba ehlathini elidaka futhi elinamathengi ukuze agweme ukuthunjwa ngabafundi besifundo se-man-tracking.
"Sizakhele ikamu lethu le-POW (i-prisoner-of-war) lapho sibamba khona abafundi uma bethunjwa," kusho uTomas. "Bakaphoqeleka ukuba bagqoke imijondolo ye-POW esayenzile futhi abafundisi bahlole futhi bazama ukuwasebenzisa ulwazi ukuze bahlole izinga labo lokuphikisa . Sibabeka eceleni ngemva kwamahora ambalwa ukuze bangasichitha isikhathi sokubalekela ekamu le-POW . "
Phakathi nesikhathi sabo emgodini we-POW, amaMarines aphethwe umsebenzi ophoqelelwe njengokumba imigodi, ukugcwalisa izihlahla ze-sandbags nokusika izinkuni. Zibuye zifakwe esitokisini esincane esingamamitha amathathu-cube-like lapho zilingwa khona nokudla ukushiya ulwazi.
Ngenkathi bezama ukuthunjwa, amaMarines anikezwa uhla lwamahhala ukuhambisa noma yikuphi abayithandayo ngaphakathi kwezizathu zokuqeqesha ama-acre angu-20,000 we-JWTC. Uma kusihlwa kusondela, bafundiswa ukuthola "indawo ephephile" lapho abathumbi bengavunyelwe ukungena khona. Uma bekwazi ukufinyelela endaweni ephephile, abafundi bangathola amahora amahlanu kuya kweziyisithupha zokulala ubusuku bonke. Uma bengayitholi indawo, basengaphansi kokubamba futhi bangathola amahora ambalwa nje okulala uma ekhona.
Umfundi olinganiselwe ulahlekelwa amakhilogremu angu-12-15 ngenkathi ehamba esikoleni. Phakathi nesikhathi sabo enkundleni kumele bathembele emndenini owenzelwe wona ngemithombo yokudla yemvelo ehlathini, njengezimpande zezitshalo, izinyoka, izinambuzane nezinhlanzi.
Abafundi abathintekayo bafunda ukubhekana nokuhlushwa kwendlala nokukhathazeka ngokuhlala bekhuthazwa futhi beqonda ukuthi bahlangabezana nantoni.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi ingxenye yokuphila yayiyithakazelisayo kakhulu," kusho uLance Cpl. UDaniel L. Pendergast, umshayeli obanjwe ibutho lokuqala, i-25th Marine Regiment manje usebelwe uMbutho we-4 weMarine. "Angijwayele ukuzitholela ukudla kwami futhi ngithole noma ngakhele indawo yami yokuhlala. Le nkambo ingibonise ukuthi imingcele yami ikude kangakanani nokuthi ngingaya kanjani ngaphandle kokudla. Ukufunda indlela yokubhekana nayo yilokho kuphela okuyingxenye enzima . "