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1st/1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) Training Range Complex

 
Location: Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan  
Client: US Army Engineers, Japan  
   
This project involved the design for a new integrated live-fire range complex for 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) on Camp Hansen, Okinawa. The new live-fire range complex consist of a 180-degree shoot house with rappel tower, a breaching bay, and a 10-land known distance sniper marksmanship range. To gain and maintain proficiency in Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat (SFAUC), the unit needed to conduct daily training in facilities with the capability of supporting combat marksmanship, known distance sniper marksmanship, explosive and ballistic breaching, multi-floor live-fire close quarters combat, rappelling, high-angle sniper marksmanship, linear target live-fire close quarters combat, vehicular and air assaults, and open-air live-fire integrated assaults.