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Signed this letter from lieutenant general, three star level to caporales, these are folks that have been involved in rescue operations. one of the signers is lieutenant general leroy manner who left the p.o.w. prison camp attempts, the prisoners weren't there, but we made the attempt and that made a difference because our prisoners in north vietnam were moved all-together instead of separate cells and morale soared. and we also, that's what we do in special-ops we move to the sounds of the guns. if you don't have a plan you get going to the operational area and make up a plan. there are thing...

Steve? >> reporter: jon, watching these counterterrorism exercises can really get your heartbeating, and that's the goal, is to take these federal responders and put them in situations of real pressure. >> let's go. [gunfire] >> reporter: at the federal law enforcement training center in brunswick, georgia, they use blank ammunition -- >> police! >> reporter: -- but real actors. >> you can't simulate behavior. you have to use people to simulate behavior. >> reporter: 60,000 federal agents a year come to the 1600-acre site complete with mock airplanes, a test track. the important thing in perfo...