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Ammunition, but real actors. >> you cant simulate behavior. you have to use people to i am slate behavior. >> reporter: agents a year come to the site complete with mock airplanes, bars and a test track. no embankments, no bridges, no congestion. terror attacks from the past like a sarin gas subway attacks are rehearsed along with future attacks like improvised explosive devices. response training to abductions or active shooters is only part of the mission. >> we cant afford to just respond to ...

Brunswick, georgia, they use blank ammunition but real acto actors. >> we cant simulate behavior, have you to use people to simulate behavior. >> reporter: 60,000 federal agents a year come to the 1600-acre site complete with mock airplanes, bars and a test track. the important thing if performing a pit ma few sre a pit maneuver is location. terror events from the past like a saran gas subway attack are rehearsayed besides potential future attacks like improvised explosive devices. >> we are pre...

Improvised explosive devices. >> we want to prepare domestically for any type of threat, and we want to be able to defeat that threat should it occur here in the united states. >> we need backup. >> reporter: response training, though, to abductions or active shooters is only part of the mission. >> we cant afford to just respond to incidents anymore. we have to prevent things from happening. >> reporter: now, director, after last weeks shootings, a lot of people are on edge under the -- around ...

Do in this case. in terms of security, they said the rapid response training that they had after the hasan attack helped them in this case. he was put down very quickly. only after a few minutes police were able to find where this man was and he ended his own life when confronted by military police. >> let me bring in nbc news be pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. jim, talk about what changes were made at fort hood and other bases after this. i was under the impression that the change of h...