FORT KNOX – 9th Regiment, Advanced Camp Cadets participated in a raid during their Field training exercise at Fort Knox, August 6th. During the raid exercise, the opposing force was able to overcome the Cadets by eliminating 20-percent of their platoon, leaving them combat ineffective. A key reason the platoon failed their raid was due to bad placement of the support team. Cadet Victoria Smith, Texas A&M, was part of the support by fire element tasked with suppressing the enemy while the assaulting element could move in and conduct the raid. “We didn’t have very good visual of the enemy,” she [...]