See Marine HIRAIN in Action
Watch this video to see U.S. Marines in joint HIRAIN training execute an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System rapid infiltration. HIRAIN is the process of identifying an enemy target from forward observation points and unmanned aerial vehicles, seizing key terrain for an aerial landing, inserting HIMARS using aircraft, destroying the target, and retrograding back to a secure location.
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00:00:04 the exhibitionary advance based or EAB concept that we've moved to is being able to rapidly set up an area where we can provide a certain type of support a high rain or high Mobility artillery rocket system rapid insertion is a way that the Battalion can extend its operational reach by sending the high Mars launchers onto an aircraft using joint Mobility
00:00:26 assets in this case the c177 and not just setting up a long-term base but being able to move in somewhere rapidly set up a temporary base conduct an operation and then rapidly move out of that place hamars is a new capability to1 we just transitioned from a Canon Battalion to a high marks Battalion back in November of last year so this is a very
00:00:53 New Concept for us but we are working rapidly to extend our operational reach into the battlefield to provide a strategic effect for The Joint Force in the future fight you can have a high rank done in under 20 minutes and that just gives us the Tactical advantage on the battlefield the Marine Corps under Force design we're preparing for the next
00:01:22 fight The Future fight and that next fight is going to be a very joint fight there is a lot that goes into getting those High Mars onto an aircraft there's a lot that the pilots and the air crew have to take into consideration to put all of our equipment on that aircraft and still be able to conduct Maneuvers to get us in safely and get us off the deck in a timely
00:01:45 fashion the Marine Corp doesn't typically operate with c17s so being able to actually have time to work with those Crews helps us speed up our Tempo so that way the first time we're doing it is not in combat