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MCoE Homepage FORT BENNING, Ga. – The American Red Cross opened a donation closet, named "Our Closet," Jan. 15, 2026, at Fort Benning, located next to their current office in building 9230, near the commissary. "We saw a need in the community," said Michele Walton, American Red Cross Georgia Region program mana...

Comanche Troop Families!

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The Night Infiltration Course (NIC) is one of the most memorable and challenging parts of Basic Combat Training. Trainees low-crawl 100–200 meters through sand, dirt, and obstacles like barbed wire—while live tracer rounds cut across the sky overhead and simulated explosions erupt around them.

Conducted in near darkness, with only the occasional flare lighting the way, the NIC pushes Soldiers to their limits—testing resilience, building confidence, and forging unit cohesion under battlefield-like conditions.

This event is more than just a crawl in the dirt—it’s a rite of passage and a graduation requirement!

The Night Infiltration Course (NIC), often called “NIC at Night,” is a key component of U.S. Army Basic Combat Training and designed to simulate battlefield conditions and test physical and mental resilience. Trainees crawl 100-200 meters through sand, dirt, or obstacles like barbed wire, under live machine gun fire (typically M240B or M60, firing tracer rounds 8-10 feet above) and simulated explosions. Conducted in near-darkness, with occasional flares for illumination, the course builds confidence, composure under stress, and unit cohesion. It’s a graduation requirement and part of “The Forge,” a culminating field exercise.

Echo Troop 5-15CAV is bringing precision to the range!
At the M4 qualification table, our warfighters are striving to hit Expert Qualified Standards across 40 targets.
Discipline, focus, and skill in action—this is how we get it done!

Every Soldier is required to validate their marksmanship skills by completing the M4 Qualification Table. Shooters engage targets at distances ranging from 50 to 300 meters in single and multiple presentations. These 40 targets are engaged from multiple fighting positions throughout the qualification. Soldiers strive to meet the Expert qualification standards by accurately engaging 36 out of 40 presented targets. #ARMOR #usarmy #basictraining #marksmanship #reconfactory #wemakescouts

Saddle up, families of Alpha Troop Class 25-015! Your Troopers have hit the ground running (and marching). They’ve been learning what it takes to be part of the Cavalry — boots polished, salutes sharp, and hearts full of grit.

We don’t rise and grind—we rise and hydrate. Then grind. Then hydrate again.

It's hot out there. Drink water.

Carry on.

📷 Sgt. Jaidon Novinska