
Inside a 32,000-square-foot former tomato packing plant at Camp Pendleton, Calif., the Marine Corps has constructed an infantry combat simulator so realistic that it sent the wife of one of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the hospital.That level of realism in simulated training must be extended to every soldier and Marine headed for frontline combat, said Undersecretary of Defense Robert Wilkie, who also chairs a new task force on close combat lethality enhancements for U.S. troops.“She’s fine,” Wilkie said…