MAFUNSO ACHINYAMATA AMAKHALA PENDLETON, CA - Ndiwo a Marines omwe amatsutsa njira yopambana. Ma Marines otchedwa "sappers" amagwiritsa ntchito luso lachinyengo ndi luso logonjetsa chitetezo cha adani ndipo amaphunzira momwe angachitire ku Camp Pendleton.
Sapper amawathandiza kuti asilikali a Marines akhale ndi mwayi wophunzira njira zatsopano, kuchokera kumunda wopita kumalo othamanga.
Mawu akuti "sapper" amatha kufika m'chaka cha 1501. Sappers amatha kumanga ndi kukonza mipanda, kuphatikizaponso kuwonongeka monga mbali ya luso lawo. Amaphwanya chitetezo cha adani kuti azitsatira abambo.
Maphunziro a sabata asanu ndi limodzi a sapper amachititsa kuti Marine azikhala ndi mphamvu komanso mphamvu.
"The Sapper course amapereka Marines kusakaniza bwino zovuta maganizo ndi thupi," anatero Gunnery Sgt. Dave J. Dill, mkulu wotsogoleredwa wopanda ntchito-wotsogolera Sapper maphunziro ndi Battalion Woyamba Wotsutsana.
Ntchito ya Sapper sikuti imangomanga malingaliro ndi mphamvu za Marine, komanso kuti aziwaphunzitsa njira zamakono komanso zamakono zopambana.
"Cholinga cha Sapper ndi kukakamiza Marines kuti azitha kumenyana ndi magalimoto, kuponderezana ndi kugwiritsira ntchito zipangizo zowonongeka," anatero Staff Sgt. Shaun A. Anderson, mlangizi wamkulu wa Sapper sukulu.
Ngakhale maphunziro a Sapper akuyang'ana pa njira zothandizira kumenyana, Marines sayenera kukhala akatswiri odziwa nkhondo kuti alembe.
"Ambiri a Marines omwe amamenya nawo nkhondo (ntchito zamasewera apamadzi) akhoza kulemba Sapper," adatero Dill.
Kulembetsa Sapper sukulu ndi njira yopanda dongosolo, adanenanso.
"Kawirikawiri Marines amaitanira kapena kutumiza imelo kuti tione malo angapo omwe alipo mu Marines mu gawo lawo," adatero Dill.
"Tinali ndi zida zankhondo zam'madzi komanso zombo zam'madzi zomwe zimabwera ku Sapper, ndipo tinali ndi ophika omenyana nawo," adatero.
Sapper sukuluyi ili ndi magawo asanu omwe amachititsa kuti Marines adzike, Dill adanena. Gawo loyamba ndikulankhulana ndi kuyendetsa pansi, gawo lachiwiri likuyendayenda, gawo lachitatu ndilo kuzindikira, gawo lachinayi ndi nkhondo yachitsulo ndi gawo lachisanu ndikuwonongeka.
Atatha kumaliza maphunziro onse asanu, azimayi awo amadziwa bwino ntchito yawo masiku asanu, Anderson adati.
Ophunzirawo amachotsedwa ndi mpweya kupita kumalo ophunzitsira. Mapazi atangogunda pansi, ntchito yawo imayamba.
"Chiyeso chomaliza chimaonetsa Marines momwe angagwirire ntchito, ngati momwe ziliri pankhondo," adatero Anderson. "Pokhala ndi tulo tating'ono komanso chakudya chochepa, 'Finex' imangokhala ngati nkhondo."
Aphunzitsi amapanga gawo lofunika kwambiri pa Sapper, Dill adanena.
Sgt. Albert H. Finan III, yemwe poyamba anali wophunzira wa Sapper, anavomera.
Financial, omwe tsopano akutumikira monga mlangizi, anati: "Aphunzitsiwo anali othandiza kwambiri. "Iwo anafulumira kuyankha mafunso aliwonse omwe ophunzirawo anali nawo."
Marines nthawi zina amamva kuti sangathe kupitiriza ndipo akufuna kusiya maphunzirowo, koma aphunzitsiwo atsimikiza kukakamiza a Marines kupititsa maphunziro awo, Dill adati.
"Amayi ambiri am'madzi omwe amapita ku Sapper amapindula bwino Marines chifukwa cha maphunziro omwe akupirira," adatero Dill.