
Full Battle Rattle,Al-Khafaji is stopped at an Army checkpoint during a training exercise inside the simulation.

Full Battle Rattle,In California's Mojave Desert, the US Army has built a a billion dollar urban warfare simulation. Army units spend three weeks in battlefield training with pretend Iraqi role-players and fake mannequins inside the simulation before deploying to Iraq.

Full Battle Rattle,In California's Mojave Desert, the US Army has built a a billion dollar urban warfare simulation. Army units spend three weeks in battlefield training with pretend Iraqi role-players and fake mannequins inside the simulation before deploying to Iraq.

Full Battle Rattle,A US Army soldier holding a "casualty card" indicating that he has been "killed in action" (KIA) during a training exercise in the US Army's Iraq Simulation, in California's Mojave Desert.

Full Battle Rattle,Iraqi role player Nagi Moshi, a resident of Medina Wasl, one of thirteen mock Iraqi villages in the US Army's Iraq Simulation. Moshi will spend three weeks living in Medina Wasl, helping to train US Soldiers before they deploy to Iraq.

Full Battle Rattle,Bassam Kalasho (right), an Iraqi role player who works in the US Army's Iraq Simulation in California's Mojave Desert, is the "deputy mayor" of Medina Wasl, one of 13 mock villages in the simulation.

Full Battle Rattle,Iraqi role player Sherine Halim, a resident of Medina Wasl, one of thirteen mock Iraqi villages in the US Army's Iraq Simulation in California's Mojave Desert. Halim will spend three weeks living in Medina Wasl, helping to train US Soldiers before they deploy to Iraq.

Full Battle Rattle,Col. Robert McLaughlin, commander of the 5-82 Battalion of the US Army's 4th Brigade, 1st Cavalry, is a career soldier, leading his troops into battle in the US Army's Iraq Simulation.

Full Battle Rattle,A Shia Mosque in the village of Medina Wasl, one of thirteen mock Iraqi villages in the US Army's Iraq Simulation in California's Mojave Desert.