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Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

Military Operations on
Urban Terrain Collective
Training Facility (MOUT
CTF)
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Construction began in May 1988 at 7.9 million
dollars
Completed August 1990
Opened by 1
st
Bn 8
th
Marines in September
1990
Designed for Company level urban training
The facility covers 30 acres with 31 buildings
MOUT Background
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159,000 square feet building space
31 cinder block buildings one to three stories
high
Eight buildings are pre-rubble
Seven buildings have electricity
3 Simunition Houses (12 planned)
All streets are lighted
Bridge accommodates an M-1 tank
Sewer trainer with multiple entry points
MOUT Background
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Most buildings have both grappling and
rappel railings
Two landing zones (building # 1 roof and
soccer field)
Used by all U.S. services and Foreign
services
Average use of the facility is over 265 days
per year
MOUT Background
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184 days total

14 utilized for maintenance
38 closed for holidays
132 training
2,135 personnel trained
MOUT Usage
01 July to 31 December 01
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II MEF
2d Marine Division
Marine Corps Base
CLNC
2d MAW/New River

SOTG
2d FAST Company
Army and Navy Units
Foreign Services
VIP Visits and Tours
MOUT Using Units
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Range Development
Instructors
(3)
Maintenance
Facility Manager
MOUT CTF
5 Personnel
Range Scheduling Blackburn Explosive Ordnance
Disposal
Boat Crew NBC Chamber
Range Control
Range Operations Division
MOUT Table of Organization
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Urban Patrolling
Movement in Urban Terrain
Forcible Entry
Counter-sniper
Clearing techniques
Combat within rubbled areas
Night fighting techniques
MOUT Training
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Instruction on safe
simunition use
Motorized and
Mechanized Operations
Urban Close Air
Support
Re-supply Operations



Individual movement
Combined Arms
K-9
Command and Control
Law Enforcement
MOUT Training
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Trained In:
Urban Patrolling
Movement in Urban Terrain
Forcible Entry
Counter-sniper
Clearing Techniques
Combat Within Rubbled Areas
Night Fighting Techniques
Techniques in Military Instruction
Safe Simunition Use
MOUT BUST
Basic Urban Skills Training
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14 training days
50 students per class
Student receives classroom instruction,
demonstration, practical application
3 classes per year
150 trained personnel
Training the Trainers
MOUT BUST
Basic Urban Skills Training
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26 upgrades
New windows and
doors
On-site work shop
Three simunition
shooting houses (12
planned and contracted)
Classroom
MOUT Upgrades
Simunition gear
All terrain vehicle
New roofs
MOUT Props
Vehicles
Furniture
Rubble
Satellite dishes, etc.
Assaulting gear


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Power Station
Water Treatment
Plant
Industrial Area
Railroad Tracks
Dump
Shantytown
Modern businesses
US Embassy
Compound
Additional buildings
Water Tower
Police Station
Farmhouse
Live-fire shooting
houses
MOUT Expansion Plan
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NEW HOUSES
FARMHOUSE
POWER STATION
RAILROAD TRACKS
WATER TREATMENT
INDUSTRIAL AREA
MODERN BUSINESS
NEW ROAD
FARMHOUSE
SHANTYTOWN
DUMP
NO-BREAK ZONE
WATER TOWER
POLICE STATION
SHOOTING HOUSES
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The most effective close-range combat
training system
Safely fires from the weapon using a
conversion kit
9 mm marking round
Water-soluble inert color mark on
impact

MOUT Simunition
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Enhances the realism and training value
to all tactical exercises
Requires no special ballistic facility
A training system that is effective,
inexpensive, adaptable and fully
portable
MOUT Simunition
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Force-on-Force
Function in the service weapon
Live-fire without the associated danger
Use any place and any time
Realistic training
Individual and team situations
Urban fighting (MOUT)
Trench clearing
Fighting in wooded areas
MOUT Simunition
Advantages and Applications
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Carries a risk of injury
Protective equipment is mandatory
Mask, throat collar, vest, sleeves down,
helmet, gloves, groin protector
MOUT Simunition
Protective Equipment
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9 x 19 mm
Non-toxic, detergent base, water
washable
Red, blue, green, yellow and orange
400 fps, 4.1 foot-pounds
MOUT Simunition
Marking Round
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Mannequins
Aggressor uniforms
Simunition equip
Flip charts with
BUST Classes
Classroom
Knee/elbow pads


Blue grenades
Ladders
Cable ladders
Assault packs
Battering Rams
AT-4s
Wire and stakes
MOUT Training
Gear Available
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Questions