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Clearance team (ESSC), multiple Key Leader Engagements with
exercise role players, interaction with the press, and all the
while having Air Corps PC-9s conducting an Air-to-Surface shoot
overhead, adding to the exercise scenario of a country coming
out of civil war.
The learning curve was steep for the students of the 10th
PCPSC APC Command Course, who were accompanied by stu-
dents of an APC Dismount Course from 1 MIC. Their first exposure
to Mechanised Infantry tactics in a Peace Support Environment
challenged them to think beyond their knowledge of Light In-
fantry conventional tactics and operate with the challenges and
capabilities of APCs.
