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JWTC CP Addendum – SDI 2010 – BBHS
JWTC CP Addendum – SDI 2010 – BBHS
JWTC CP – JWTC Key Jungle Warfare
JWTC CP – AT: Guam Shift
JWTC CP – AT: Guam Shift
JWTC CP – AT: Environment Turn
JWTC CP – JWTC Key Jungle Warfare
The JWTC offers unique training—its key
Stars and Stripes “Welcome to the jungle: Surviving the "E Course" on Okinawa” Feb. 28, 2005. accessed aug 2, 2010
The “pit ‘n’ pond” begins in a cold pool of clay-colored, reptile-infested goo. The Marines stay low, blowing mud bubbles with their noses. They reach a series of ditches and crawl single-file on their elbows through the length of a very narrow, crooked football field. The ditches converge, revealing barbed wire above and a log blocking the way through the rest of the muck. They submerge for a few seconds, then reemerge to untangle themselves from the wire. The “E Course” at the Jungle Warfare Training Center tests ability and teamwork like few other training courses can — as 202 Marines, Navy Seabees and others found out Friday.The 3.8-mile course features 14 rappels down slippery, craggy hills and a host of unusual challenges designed to keep would-be conquerors mentally and physically strained for hours. “It’s much more than I expected,” said Marine Lance Cpl. Jeanette Cunningham of the Combat Assault Battalion. “They don’t baby us. They teach us exactly what we need to know.” Throughout the weeklong training, the servicemembers split time between the classroom and the jungle. While at their desks, they learn about the habu snakes and poisonous plants they might encounter. In the field, they learn controlled falling and how to react to ambushes, among other things. Instructors fire clay “assessment rounds” at ambushed teams, aiming at staff NCOs to see who will emerge from the lower ranks to take control in the midst of the chaos. Already confident in his senior NCOs, Gunnery Sgt. William Furness of Marine Air Support Squadron 2 said he learned a lot about the rest of his team from the exercises. “It’s awesome for the junior NCOs,” Furness said. “You can always watch someone order others to empty the trash cans. That’s garrison leadership. “It’s a big difference leading Marines in the field in an inherently dangerous situation. Out here is where it really counts.” The teams shrug off pain and minor sprains. More serious injuries get attention from Petty Officer 1st Class Ian Crow and two junior corpsman. Staff instructors and other NCOs keep a sharp eye on each of the course’s 37 obstacles, watching for broken limbs and hypothermia. “The jungle demands everything you have, if you’ve got bad ankles or not,” said Marine Staff Sergeant Clinton Thomas, NCO in-command and “godfather” of the E-course. Of all the obstacles, Thomas’ favorite may be the “peanut butter” at the course’s end. Teams carry one of their own on a thin tarp stitched to two wooden poles through a river of waist-deep mud the consistency of — you guessed it — peanut butter. Once free of the mud, they carry the stretcher up a mountain, over steep rocks and through gaps in trees. “That is when the tempers start flaring,” said Marine Pfc. Derek Thompson. “But you have no choice but to get through it. So you dig deep and you keep pushing.” On Friday afternoon, the fastest team made it in just over four hours. That is about average, although infantry units generally finish a little quicker, Thomas said. A reconnaissance team once made it through the course in one hour, 29 minutes, he said. Thomas also remembers a dental team that needed more than nine hours. Once finished, an instructor hoses off the exhausted teams with the gentle touch of a prison warden. It doesn’t much matter; everyone is smiling, shouting and congratulating each other on a job well done.
JWTC CP – AT: Guam Shift
Prefer our evidence –
First, its not about the JWTC its about training special ops troops
Second, its by a random blogger quoting a lieutenant, prefer our ev because there is a consensus among the military that the JWTC in Okinawa is best
Guam can’t solve – no shift until 2019 and EPA ruling prohibit rapid JWTC replacement
Japan Update “ Marines shift to Guam may delay 3~5 years from 2014” June 3, 2010 accessed Aug. 2, 2010
Money, environmental issues and a simple lack of enough construction capabilities in Guam appear to be forcing the United States and Japan to consider postponing the relocation of 8,000 U.S. Marines from Okinawa to Guam, now scheduled for 2014 at the latest. The controversies surrounding relocating Futenma Marine Corps Air Station are not at the core of the issue, officials say, noting the infrastructure on Guam is simply not sufficient to handle the construction necessary to accommodate 8,000 additional troops and family members. Plans are now under way for U.S. Government agencies to restructure the construction planning that totals more than $2 billion. The U.S. and Japan have agreed to moving 8,000 Marines and their families from Okinawa to Guam, but sources say the agreement is “dependent on tangible progress” on relocating Futenma to another site in Okinawa. A more complex issue involves the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s announcements and rulings in February that the island’s infrastructure couldn’t handle the massive influx over a short period of time. The government is also trying to figure how to pay for it. It also blasted the military’s environmental assessment planning, but the EPA and U.S. Defense Department have now come to agreement, at least in principle, on strong measures addressing the lack of infrastructure concerning potable water and sewage on Guam. The EPA insists the new system must include curtail the influx of new people from outside Guam. Delays of 3-5 years are thought necessary, sources say, meaning even if Futenma’s replacement site is settled soon, the Marines still won’t be able to move until 2017-2019. The EPA has said Guam’s infrastructure won’t be able to keep up with significant population increases to be caused by the Marines’ move. The U.S. Congress still has to approve funding for the moves. Officials say any significant delays in the Futenma transfer operation could affect the replacement facility’s location, configuration and construction method, which Japan and the U.S. said on Friday—when the two countries signed the newest pact—would be worked out by the end of August.
JWTC CP – AT: Guam Shift
No chance of a JWTC in Guam – they’re cutting down the jungle
NY TimesU.S. defense secretary tours military base in Guam accessed March 30, 2008 Aug.2, 2010
Dipping low over this tropical island in a navy helicopter on Friday, the U.S. defense secretary, Robert Gates, gazed out over one of the largest U.S. military construction projects in decades. Over the next six years, the Pentagon is planning to spend more than $15 billion to upgrade and expand World War II-era air bases, barracks and ports, and to carve out of the jungle new housing and headquarters to accommodate thousands of additional troops and their families who are scheduled to arrive. It is all part of the military's effort to remake Guam into a strategic hub in the western Pacific, underscoring both the increasing geopolitical importance of Asia to Washington as well as the Pentagon's priority to project power from U.S. territory rather than from foreign bases. Gates made Guam his first stop on a weeklong trip to Asia, his fourth to the region since becoming defense secretary 17 months ago. He also plans to attend a regional security conference in Singapore and confer with defense officials in Thailand and South Korea. An underlying theme of the trip, Gates said, would be "affirming that the United States is not distracted by our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from our long-term interests here in Asia." With U.S. officials warily watching China's military buildup and the continuing standoff with North Korea over its nuclear program, the massive construction projects already under way and on the drawing board here are striking. The military owns about one-third of this island, and much of the remaining jungle will be bulldozed to build military headquarters, housing, hospitals, schools and commissaries, officials said.
JWTC CP – AT: Environment Turn
The JWTC has no environmental impacts—in fact it preserves the environment—there are no guns or vehicles there
JonathanTaylor,Ph.DAssistant ProfessorGeographyDepartmentCaliforniaStateUniversity, Fullert 2002 accessed 2010 aug 2
On the opposite extreme though is the other large military base in the North, now called the Jungle Warfare Training Center. This area is extremely undeveloped, with only a few facilities, one main road, and a few small helipads. The main use of this area is for jungle warfare training, which involves neither the firing of live bullets nor the use of many vehicles. There therefore have been extremely minimal environmental impacts on this area. In essence, this base is the de facto largest semi- wilderness area in Okinawa, and certainly by far the largest contiguous protected area in the Ryukyu Islands. Recent surveys have found scores of endangered endemic species which are found only in this area.4
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