Infantry Immersion Trainer

The Infantry Immersion Trainer (IIT) is a mixed reality training facility prototype for small unit Infantry located in a former tomato packing plant in Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. The Facility was built at the direction of the Commanding General, I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), then LtGen James Mattis, by elements of the I MEF TEG (Training and Experimentation Group) to include the Battle Simulation Center, to serve as a way to inoculate the Marine Rifleman from the sights, sounds, and smells of the chaotic environment experienced in close quarters urban warfare. The Facility is designed to be a decision house for the Marine Rifleman and the Small Unit Leader (SUL); focusing on increasing the tempo of the OODA Loop during which an indivdual Observes a situation, Orients to it and develops coures of action (COA), makes a Decision, and Acts. Stress inoculation is conducted at the facility where a rifleman is put into multiple situations that in turn replicate the stressors and physiological responses faced in combat, thus building the individuals stress-immune system. Technology elements of the facility were pioneered by the Tech Solutions program at the Office of Naval Research under the leadership of CDR Dylan Schmorrow. [http://www.onr.navy.mil/media/article.asp?ID=133 IIT]