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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nGot enough tabs? Well, probably not. There’s a new one on the horizon if the folks at the new Jungle Operations Training Course, under the auspices of the 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii get their way, according to the Army Times<\/a>;<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you look at the area we operate in, from India all the way through Bangladesh, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, and into the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore, to East Timor and Papua New Guinea, all of them are jungle,\u201d said Maj. Gen. Kurt Fuller, commanding general of 25th ID.<\/p>\n But the training won\u2019t be limited to Hawaii-based grunts.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re offering it up to the Army,\u201d Fuller said. \u201cIf that\u2019s something they\u2019re interested in doing, we\u2019d be happy to support it with the right resources.\u201d<\/p>\n The ability to operate in the jungle is important not only for troops aligned with Pacific Command, but also potentially for those working in Africa and other places around the world, Fuller said.<\/p>\n \u201cEventually, I think it would be a healthy thing to have it as an Army course,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I went to the old JOTC in Panama a year before the Army stationed me there, so I’d been dipped in the experience and knew what to expect when I got there. Of course, I ran into some folks who had been stationed in Panama for years who were a little jealous that I’d spent two weeks there once and got a badge. But, hey, there’ll be a tab! I wonder how soon the phonies will be wearing that one. They had Sapper tabs before I knew such a thing existed.<\/p>\n I’m behind the concept, though. Even a few weeks in the jungle stays with you a lifetime and if the Army needed to drop someone off in the jungle somewhere, Africa, for example, they won’t be panicking right off the bat. Hawaii is a far piece to send CONUS-based units, though. Panama was a five hour flight, Hawaii is a bit further.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"