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UPDATE 12/21/13, 11:42 HOURS

I am revealing who I am today i.e. posting my name, I am Keith Oeffinger, I was born in San Antonio Texas in 1963. See today's post 12/21/13 .


Update, 01/11/14 12:30 hours;

I would like to say, with only one reply, like three years ago, this blog seems too much like a mirror site to me. And it appears very few patriots are looking back at past posts.

The new “Fragmented Fighting Facts” series of posts that dedicates one post to each Basic rule has now been completed. This series starts with the post tilted “Post # 1, Planning, Preface” that posted on 05/12/13. This series is under the label “Tri-F in progress”. Posts well be updated as I edit or discover additional knowledge thus the series is the most current version of my "Fragmented Fighting Facts" manual. For an old but complete version i.e. all in one post copy. Patriots are welcomed to try viewing one of the “pages” listed in the “special word section” on the starboard side of the blog. I say try due to the fact I’m not sure if they are published i.e. viewable to the general public due to all the issues or HACKING with my blog. There is also a complete copy posted, that is titled, “Tri-F in progress” too, it was posted 11/13/10.

And feel free to fire away with a reply, (sarcasm on).


FLASH REPORT; the “TERRORIST ARE NOT AMONG US, AND NEVER WERE I.E. AL QAEDA IS A STAWL MAN, GHOST”.

The most important lesson that everyone should have taken away from the Boston Marathon bombings was that those young men proved that no al-queda members are in the u.s. Otherwise they too would just go get some presure cookers and had to a parade.

“I AM NOT A TERRORIST” this nation’s worst enemy is FEAR. This fear is being promoted mostly by the back woods, right wing, Christians of this nation. We need to separate church and state, period. And that is of course for the States sake.


I would like patriots to understand that I use the terms "official revealed fact" to mean what everyone is being told by officials, media etc. I use the term "kings truth" to mean what I know or believe to actually be the actual facts. I DO NOT MEAN IT IN A RELIGIOUS WAY. I.E. the term Kings is plural as in those running the show.


Preface for the Fragmented Fighting Facts

Note pink highlighted material is that, that IMO is questionable factually, it maybe an “official revealed fact” that I am questioning. The material may need to be defined i.e. explained more or it could be a personal note. Yellow is location undecided or unedited material i.e. unread that I have not decided on what to keep or not. Green means a change has been made i.e. an update. By noting the green updated highlights a Patriot well not have to read the Fragmented Fighting Facts in its entirety to stay current. Red is important, perhaps the "kings truth".

Newjarheaddean; this is my collection of combat notes. One might call it my anthology of combat tactics, techniques, methods and skills. The note taking began about fourty years ago (I was around 13 years old) with the observation of 10 rules listed with in a book covering the French and Indian i.e. Native American, wars, entitled “Roger’s Rangers”. That’s right the rules that started all this are “Army Ranger” rules, this book was located in the “Westfall” library in San Antonio Texas off of Vance Jackson. I get a kick out of the libraries name due to the general agreement that modern or state vs state warfare started with the singing of the peace treaties at Westphalia. I could not read at the time; however I knew that a list in a book on war would be important. I copied those rules down like a scribe might have written hieroglyphs and had my dad read them to me. . This discovery preceded numerous sources including approximately one hundred books and about a dozen field manuals, of which a few were of WWII era. These were found at libraries, half price bookstores and garage sales. Since going on line in 2007, I have found material on web sites such as “Defense and National Interest” (DNI), “Global security”, “Strategy page” , “Wikipedia” and “Bayonet strength” and “Efour4ever” in the combat lessons learned section. These last two sites cover WWII.

Previously referred to as K.O.O.L.N. (acronym definition, top secret), FLASH REPORTS; I NOW AM TELLING EVERYONE IT STANDS FOR KEITH OEFFINGER'S ORGANIZATION OF LEARNED KNOWLEDGE the joke on me here was I believed Knowledge was spelled with an (N). I was a special education student and did not learn to read until my last year of high school. I have now titled my work “Fragmented Fighting Facts” or “Tri-F”; the name derives from the computer grammar function always alerting me to the fragmented nature of my sentences. This is due to the “just the facts, ma’am” manor the material is written i.e. there has been little if any effort to write in whole sentences or provide context. This is not to say there is no order with Tri-F, in fact there is a theme. I have laid out the information as one might expect a commander or members of a unit to recall it thus utilizing it to conduct a mission.

We start with “Planning”, followed by the section on “Defense”, then there’s “Preparations and conduct of patrols” or “PCP”, and we end with “Conduct of Engagements” or “COE”, i.e. engagements being the term used here for shootouts. Each section of Tri-F consists of numbered “Basic rules”, each basic rule followed by detailed notes that either relate to, explain, or give examples pertaining to the basic rules. As with the general format of Tri-F, each section’s basic rules are laid out as one might need to recall them. This is most obvious in the last section COE starting with basic rule number one, “Flash report”, i.e. actions to take upon contact with the enemy. This sections last basic rule deals with handling POWs.

Keep in mind this is a work in progress; I’m constantly discovering new information to add which in turn still at times requires rearranging things. At the same time, interestingly enough to me, I have not needed to rearrange my original order of the basic rules for quite some time. There are however, two instances where the detailed information fallowing a pair of basic rules became so similar I decided to combine the pair into one basic rule. These two occurrences are noted in footnotes.

Now heed this, out of all the information contained within this work, only an estimated 1% was taught to me while I was serving in the U.S.M.C. Moreover, to put a fine point on it, it’s worth noting I served in Charlie Company, First Battalion, Fifth Marines, First Marine Division, i.e. an Infantry unit. Before my discharge (after only a two year cruse), I attended Jungle Warfare School in the northern training area of Okinawa (for two weeks), Mountain Warfare School in Korea (for one week) and Combat Town Camp Pendleton for MOUT training (for one day). I did not take part in any amphibious training nor did I ever go to Twenty Nine Palms for Desert Warfare training. We did ride around in AAVs once at Camp Pendleton. All in all I would say the only things I missed out on were a beach landing (at Coronado I believe) and a little sun burn, due to the fact that those twenty nine palms, I was told in the early eighties were all located at the front gate of that base. Needless to say, the training did not impress me, and I now know it was not going to get any better as some suggested to me at the time, and still others later claimed that I should have just stayed in longer.

With my position on the lack of training, I do wish to make it perfectly clear that I do support the service women and men in the U.S. armed forces. I also believe them to be as brave as any people on earth, (with the exception of the (Y) generation). My concern is in the way the Infantry especially is being mislead and used. I want people to understand my experience and IMO a lot of evidence suggests Uncle Sam intends to use his infantry in ways that does not include training any generation in the art of “traditional Guerilla combat tactics” i.e. as a “Traditional Commando” would be. I am not talking about “SWAT” team “Close quarter” tactics, like the “Stick dynamic entry”. That tactic should be called the “cluster f**k”. Just call that sort of tactic what it is NYPD (Cops T.V. show bad-boys, bad-boys) in Afghanistan.

The problem is that that tactic was developed by police departments to deal with an objective occupied by drugged up party animals, i.e. untrained civilians. The police never use it in a spur of the minute situation. They use it when the house/objective has been under constant surveillance for mouths in some cases and the police know all manner of information about everyone in the house and the structure and neighborhood in general. The cops choose a time when everyone is pasted out from partying the night before and have long lost any weapons (between the cushions or under the bed) they might have had on them as show pieces during the party. The primary reason for the large numbers of police in close proximity is to make sure the gang does not think the raid is a rival gang “brake in” and thus resist in any way. There is lots of yelling too, thus reinforcing the message that no one is trying to be covert, like one would be to get away with a crime.

This brings up an intriguing observation of mine; that being that by the book an assault should be made from the top down, yet the troops in Afghanistan and elsewhere use the Stick dynamic entry and usually enter from the front door, like a SWAT team. However resent high profile raids show the SWAT teams attacking from the top down. Examples you may recall are the raids on the Shinning path group in Peru in 2000 and the Mumbai raid by Indian forces on the Jewish center in 2008. IMO this proves the existence of what I’ll refer to as a “need to know” training policy, being followed by various governments, the purpose being to limit the number of true Commandos that could become tomorrow’s rebels, apposing corrupt governments. One last thing about the Stick, IMO every single time the regular forces unit conducting one of these foolish Stick dynamic entries comes under fire i.e. runs into resistance, the Stick brakes i.e. the whole unit evacuates and awaits some kind of support form tanks, guns, tubes or air. Bottom line IMO the Stick is used as a probing tactic and is meant to be a moral boosting show peace tactic to make the unit feel as if it has taken a hill, which was nothing more than another empty building, that IMO Intel suggested, was the case before the entry was ordered. Recalling the police policy of long periods of surveillance prior to raids.

It also seems to me that in light of the old saying “you can fight a war with bombs and blockades but only boots on the ground can win it” ( IMO, Uncle Sam has now revised that saying, as fallows) “you can win a war with bombs and blockades, but only the infantry can end the war”, farther more IMO Uncle Sam has gone one more step and decided to use private security companies and local i.e. indigenous people for the infantry role. All this fear of true commandos is all very similar to the “Mujahideen” not being allowed by various governments, to return to their homelands i.e. native nations, after fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan.

And as for the U.S. and other Western nations, training foreigners to fight a counter insurgency goes. IMO this training includes nothing more than police procedures i.e. conducting investigations, forensics, searching individuals and buildings to collect evidence and yes serving warrants, if necessary, with those all mighty “stick” tactics. And of course, lots of “new innovative techniques and tactics” involving CAS and IMO (Old) so called high tech equipment the U.S. Military Industrial Congressional Complex wants to clear out of the warehouses.

All in all IMO Uncle Sam has chosen to put just about all his eggs in one advanced technology system, think Star Wars Storm Troopers or Matrix i.e. the Operator or Morpheus trying to guide Neo and others to safety. IMO it looks something like this; (x) unit go to (x) address, kick in front door, use stairs to your right, go south down hallway to (x) door, it is unlocked, interning room go to (x) window looking out window to the north you will see your target running east though the neighbors garden. All this information and the “live” feeds of target and area of operations would be provided by a fleet of satellites as well as Near space assets that are never mentioned by the media as current military assets and of course there’s the robots, UAVs and a flood of other covertly deployed sensors as well as covert eves dropping of any civilian electronic devices in the Area of operations.

Thus in light of these and similar so called “new innovative, techniques and tactics” (notice the media and governments choice of words “techniques and tactics” as if we’re talking Commando training i.e. why not use some modern high tech terms the system is so eager to introduce us all to normally as a matter of routine), IMO Uncle Sam has placed the traditional Guerrilla combat tactics, on the back burner and is hoping they all go the way of other black arts.

This is not just true of the infantry; let us take a peek at aerial combat. Does anyone out there actually think today’s U.S. pilots are turning and burning, pulling high (G) maneuvers trying to hit the entry windows and get inside the bandits turn. Think any pilot has conducted a yo-yo or split S maneuver lately or made the choice between a single or two-circle fight. Now days its all about stealth, ECM and Smart even autonomous weapons, missiles especially BVR tech. IMO this explains why the U.S. Navy is not concerned with not having a front line fighter equal to the USAF F-22 Raptor. An article I recently read on “Strategy page” mentioned a lot of talk about a Navy F/A-18E at an air show, displaying a little F-22 silhouette decal i.e. a simulated Kill credit symbol/icon. IMO the F/A- 18E did not gun down that kill.

And then everyone knows that just about all now and IMO soon all weapons systems including the bayonet well have a chip in it.

So if the electronics ever fail (maybe due to a shift in the axis of earths electromagnetic field, passed a certain point or perhaps a record size solar flare) IMO it well be the masters of the age-old Guerrilla combat tactics i.e. The Fragmented Fighting Facts Basic Rules that survive, keeping in mind “no one wins”.

I also wish, that those who join the various services where told all this up front i.e. “we do not intend to train you as a traditional Commando”.

Another thing I would like everyone to consider is that; what makes a Marine special is not the training she or he receives, no it’s the steel the youth demonstrates when they choose to join the Marines. Even when compared to the Special Forces, who IMO are only specialists in their particular field, once again mostly high tech specialties and whose ranks are filled with older personnel that have already been serving and have graduated from a boot camp i.e. are aware of the hoop and hype hurry up and wait tactics. And who are then usually chosen i.e. coached into changing their MOS. I am aware of the change in recruitment policy after 2001 allowing for direct entry into the S.F. community. IMO a rarity and IMO it is still not the same as just choosing to go to a Marine Corps Recruit Depot from the start.

Furthermore, to those who just well not accept the truth about the lack of training along the lines of traditional Guerrilla combat tactics. I can now say that I have exchanged comments with a number of Iraqi and Afghanistan combat vets. These comments can be found on the internet if you Google up my call sign, Newjarheaddean also spelled with one (D). IMO it is obvious that the tactics I speak of are news to the vets, some have made commits that proves in combat they were just winging it. And no, I don’t believe that all the vets are observing some kind of code of silence on these tactics including the vets who are against the wars. Unless everyone wants to say that YouTube and other internet companies are conspiring to edit all combat footage that shows these tactics being used and that, the vets are staging other videos that show them (albeit with great bravery) as armatures without a clue and winging it. If anyone ever sees video, showing the tactics listed in Tri-F being used, be sure and provide a link with your comment. I once saw a flash of film on CNN showing combat in Lebanon during the 1980s that showed some of these tactics being used by a Guerrilla fighter. I well also say I do believe that UAV footage is edited by the Pentagon to keep the public from seeing the few but well trained Taliban and other Guerrilla fighters that are using these tactics. Alternatively, maybe people think our professional highly trained well-equipped military is unable to defeat 10 – 20 thousand religious extremist amateur thugs in almost a decade of fighting. All the while killing at least by some estimates 100 a mouth including dozens of top commanders.

Let me also say, on the numbers of U.S. PTSD casualties, i.e. IMO, WIA, (And IMO deserving of a Purple Heart). The Government portrays these cases as a result of fighting a war that is “unlike any other war we have fought before” (LOL). Facing an enemy that is fighting in some mysterious and or cowardly manor that simply cannot be countered by military means. I believe the high numbers are a result of US forces fighting in a manner that is suicidal i.e. pointless and counterproductive to the real world situation. Example; you have a young brave American ready to fight for the nation, while on one of these IMO “Russian roulette parades” someone shoots at the unit from some building, everyone scrambles for cover, as some spray and pray, then after determining the location using SWATS (Soldier Worn Acoustic Targeting Systems) sniper detectors, or one of the many similar vehicle mounted systems the commander calls in some sort of CAS, if someone’s brains have been blow out especially if it was an officer or the location is vague, a real “crowd pleaser” maybe used i.e. 2000 pounder.

IMO this is how 90% of engagements (fought by regular infantry units) are resolved. Special Forces are now and in the feature more and more regular infantry well be using the Matrix. And to those that think this is the exception I say show me the number of WIA or KIA (On either side) by small arms fire i.e. during traditional firefights. Even if one includes sniper fire those figures are really low. So IMO after witnessing all the carnage and innocent civilian life being lost and receiving all those looks from the witnesses, it is the American that realizes it is his unit that is not fighting right.

This is reinforced and really sinks in back in the states when the vet is asked to tell the Commando stories that never occurred and thus the vet must tell the truth i.e. give up the Commando reputation, keep it all inside or start lying. If the first option is chosen that unveiling reality is demoralizing and makes it all not worth it. If either one of the other chooses are made IMO the vet becomes the ticking bomb. And I can tell you all that many times, I have recalled being told once that “when you go home keep your mouth shut about the things we did. If you don’t you well be thought of as a liar or crazy and either which way your life well be over”. That First Sergeant was right, but like my daddy use to say, “He’s right but he does not know why he’s right” i.e. IMO the First Sgt. thought of what we did in terms of remarkable heroic feats. However, IMO certainly since the beginning of the Vietnam era, it is the lack of training i.e. the manner in which our service women and men are fighting that keeps this tragedy going.

I would also suggest the vets of today are just like I was 25 or so years ago in the sense that they know there training is lacking, however, they just cannot explain what’s missing. However unlike me they refuse to accept that old fashion “black arts” are the answer i.e. should be the basis of basic training. And I now know the “Black art” tactics they and I should have been trained in and I can now say, “The PFC that told the Corp it was out of step, now has provided the proof”. What surprises me is that most vets it seems don’t care at all about the tactics I speak of and seem to view me as an unpatriotic “party pooper”, when I’m just a U.S. Marine trying to improve the Corps and save lives. Bottom line IMO the infantry needs to consist of unmarried i.e. undistracted, NO CHILDREN, dedicated true professionals, trained in the tactics listed in Tri-F and many more I am sure exist.

And to those that say “chivalry is for the museums” I say “first we must have peace on earth”.

One Newjarheaddean

“Let no Marines ghost say if my training had only done its job”

" Give me a million dollars and I well change the world"

" When it comes to persecution and suffering that fairly tale about christ dose not have (S) nothing on me"

" I well bet my lucky start"

“IKYG”

G-day!

Update; 12/19/14 09/53 hours




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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

more on sniper flash cards site

AHOY,


07/18/11 11:04 I have now posted an analogy and compared the rules i.e. acronyms listed on the "Super Marine" site (posted below) and my Tri-F. The results are posted in "Fragmented Fighting Facts applied!" post, a new series I have started.


7/03/11 20:40 here I'm going to point out some minor differences in my way of thinking verse the rules stated on "sniper Flash cards" site. Updates highlighted in green.

here are some of the rules I have taken from the Sniperflashcards site. A lot of this just confirms some of the rules I've already noted in Tri-F. But I like seeing other people suggesting the same rules I have. Great minds think alike. This gentlemen is thinking in terms of a pure civilian force of snipers defending their home towns from foreign invaders not military units fighting military units.

Some of the rules give good examples to rules in Tri-F.

AND DOG GONE IT I LEARNED SOME THINGS TOO.

I'll let you decide where to place the info in your own combat rules manual.




Mortars are useful but, because of radar, must be fired from bunkers. Position mortars under the streets to fire through a manhole. Test fire the mortar. 


Newjarheaddean; I would not wont to test fire a live shell through a standard size manhole. Unless you could have the muzzle just about sticking out of the manhole. Or increase the size of hole. 


Bracketing targets in your own city is stupid. Connect the bunkers with tunnels to deliver ammo by rail. Dig pitfalls for tanks with a diesel storage tank in the bottom. Boobytrap ten manhole covers for each bunker. Re-pave the city.


Newjarheaddean; one need to map these traps, and consider that you are slowing your own members traffic in town.




Desertion. Men desert to save their wives and children, not themselves. The principle advantage of the invaders is that their families are safe. Never pad troop numbers with married men; have them dig bunkers. Recruit only unmarried men and women to be civilian snipers. Women make better snipers than men because they posture less.

Psychologically, soldiers are weakest immediately after a win. Victorious soldiers are focused only on raping, looting and sleeping. Let invaders pass by, then attack them from behind after the battle.

Remove handrails and oil the stairs. Put claymores on the roof.

Install and defend cellphone relays concealed in buildings.


Newjarheaddean; civilians should not try to defend anything. Make these Relays mobile.


Besides we have this tech coming soon to a battlefield near us, reported on democracy now a few mouths ago.


U.S. Works to Deploy Secret Internet, Mobile Phone Systems For Dissidents


New details have emerged about a secret U.S. effort to deploy shadow Internet and mobile phone systems overseas to give political dissidents a way to communicate with the world free of government censorship. The New York Times reports the project involves developing what has been described as an "Internet in a suitcase" that would allow dissidents to use “mesh network” technology to create an invisible wireless web without a centralized hub. Part of the effort is being led by Sascha Meinrath, director of the Open Technology Initiative at the New America Foundation. Meinrath described part of the project on Democracy Now! in April.

Sascha Meinrath, New America Foundation, Open Technology Initiative Director: “So we’ve been working on a number of technologies to develop distributed communication systems, so that you can turn cell phones, for example, into a medium that doesn’t need to go through a cell tower, a central location, but communicate in a peer-to-peer manner, directly with one another. And so, you can imagine if you daisy-chain a lot of these together, you can actually have an entire network built out of the already existing hardware that doesn’t need a central authority.”




If cellphones fail, direct civilians with color-coded fireworks.

Bikers with cellphones in their helmets can spot for mortar crews.


Tall building are the high ground and will be the center of fighting.

Defenders must be volunteers. Buildings will eventually be lost. Buildings cannot be retaken. Tunnel in and blow the foundation.


Newjarheaddean; here I'm thinking FPF i.e. final protective fire, first and for most i.e. leveling the building, with attackers inside. But I agree if you can use a pre-dug escape tunnel to return with more explosives, if the FPF did not do its job, go for it. 

Position. Select neither a panoramic view nor a tiny loophole.  Positions with a wide view are easily identified and targeted early. Positions with a wide view are elevated and thus easily encircled. If you are too hidden, nobody will walk in front of your loophole. If it is hard for the invaders to find you, it is hard for you to scram. There are many semi-concealed hides; quantity makes them obscure.


Newjarheaddean; And don't forget the note in Tri-F about not moving around alot etc. Chances are you well hear and see just as much in one local as another. This in Defensive rule # 5 setting up O.Ps. and L.Ps. 

Only go into upper stories if all the nearby buildings are multi-story. The roof and top floors of buildings will be destroyed by artillery. Avoid skyscrapers; they are easily encircled and have solid windows. Apartments and hotels are wider and have windows and balconies.
Elevation. Stay in the basement or first floor of most buildings. No Russian vehicle can depress its main gun below -6°. If the ground is frozen, basements will protect one from artillery.

Aim to break a soldier's pelvis. He cannot run and must be carried.
The center of mass (hips, not heart) moves around the least.
A .308 at 500 yards will not penetrate the armor over the heart.




Shoot dirt banks to create dust for wind reading.
Low recoil is more important than power against dogs.
Silently shoot enemy soldiers who blunder into you.


Newjarheaddean; Or knife, this to is in Defensive rule # 5.

What is the single worst tactic for the civilian sniper?  Engaging mounted troops from over 600 yards away by firing down the length (the long axis) of a street.  The enemy has cannons that, unlike your deer rifle, really are accurate at that range.  Also, they have vehicles that can quickly close in on you with machine guns and grenade launchers, which are very dangerous at close range.  Thus, by attempting a shot that you will probably miss, you have given the enemy two can’t miss opportunities to kill you.  Asymmetry is supposed to work the other way around.

Here with the fallowing starting with “If engaged…”,  I modified the rule, the gentleman had suggested “inducing the invaders to hide behind non-bulletproof objects”. And in the second part of the rule had stated you well only be able to get off one shot. I eraised the original and do to my limited reading just can’t take the time to re-read the site all over. My apologies.


Newjarheaddean; Here I have trouble with a well trained experienced warfighter not making note of and knowing the difference between, cover and concealment in his immediate area. See, Tri-F COE rule # 7 i.e. don't look shoot run or expose. Plus rule # 13 sweep against moving targets. The part about making note about which direction your enemy may seek cover, thus making him cross your stream of fire. 

the below was my comment earlier; 
If engaged invaders may hide behind non-bulletproof objects like trees, just shoot through each tree. They will run if engaged in the open be ready to get off as many shots as possible.


Quotations from Timothy Thomas’ paper, Battle for Grozny:  “Mobility was the key to success against the slower and heavier Russian force…  The Chechen force exploited Russian disorientation by moving behind and parallel to the Russian force once it entered the city… Chechens used civil defense as well as underground sewage and water tunnels both to flank and to get into the rear of military units…  Female snipers were rumored to be fighting for the Chechens…  The Chechens fought in a non-traditional way, with rapid mobile units instead of fixed defenses.  One key lesson was the importance of the sniper and the RPG gunner, or a combination of the two.  For example, snipers were employed to draw fire from a Russian force, and then a Chechen ambush position overlooking the activities of the sniper would open fire on the Russian column fighting the sniper.  Additionally, forces could operate successfully in an independent mode.”

However, I can say very briefly that the snipers pin down the supporting infantry while the vehicles are engaged with missiles. Also, anti-tank gunners must signal snipers (with flares or smoke) when they disable a vehicle. The snipers should use dice to determine which quadrant around the vehicle to snipe from to avoid bunching up. The Mongol technique of having horse archers attack and then retreat, staying just ahead of their pursuers while turning to fire over their shoulders, all the while drawing them into an ambush set by concealed lancers, can be duplicated in modern times with motorcycle-mounted snipers in the role of the horse archers and anti-tank gunners in the role of the lancers.

I know that you have warned against climbing to the top of the only tall building in a neighborhood or firing down the long axis of a major street.

Teamwork. Most of the advantages of teams apply only to the invaders. Crew served weapons reduce willful misses by reluctant killers. In static positions teams have more endurance.

Divide. Engage the invaders when they are crossing a boundary. Fire when half the invaders are inside a building and half outside it. Fire when half the invaders are in open and half in rough terrain. Fire at dawn or dusk when neither infrared nor visible light is optimal. Fire from one unit's area of operation into another's AO.

These are notes I took from a suggestion article in the Marine Corps Gazette; Then I present a refined version in the last paragraph. I might add that the suggestion of debriefs would never accrue, and IMO would be counter productive, down range due to the fact that the "Parade system" is totally out of sink with teaching the service men and women how to truly fight like small units. There would immediately be contradictions about always going out at the same time, on the same routes, not getting out of the vehicles enough etc.


Debriefs;


In every level of training debriefs are always conducted. This is truly where the learning occurs. This should not change in combat. After every patrol, firefight, guard duty etc, a debrief should follow. You should take minutes i.e. have someone record, maybe a CLIC Marine. Debriefs allow us to recognize our mistakes or improve our strengths. As the fighting goes on every Marine well gain an understanding of the enemy, how they fight and how your actions affect them. These debriefs keep Marines engaged and do not allow complacency to creep in. Each debrief should follow the same format in order to create an organized system that allows for thorough and efficient information flow. Take a look at my notes on studying, at the beginning of Tri-F. The debriefs should be divided between friendly and enemy topics. You may first discuss the basics of the patrol in detail covering the items on the patrol order. This would also allow you to develop a “truth report” i.e. “after action report” to see in what areas you have shown presence and what areas have been neglected. You may see that you are following the same routes and utilizing the same crossings, which is only setting you up for an IED. Next, you can discuss significant events. This discussion would include a look at atmospherics, locals you interacted with, compounds searched, confirm the census data. Lastly, discuss any contact you were in. You could use the I.SALUTE R.W.P. format to break down all of the details about the enemy and how they fought. You could then discuss the firefight in detail, analyzing your actions and the enemy’s actions. IMO; details of any firefight should be discussed before anything else i.e. get the emotional event out of the way. Give updates to the KIA, WIA or MIA if possible thus, ease emotions. This event was not planned i.e. written down before the patrol. The items mentioned before were. There for give everyone time to organize their thoughts about the firefight and make and compare notes.

The refined version;

Debriefs


In training debriefs are always conducted. This is truly where the learning occurs. This should not change in combat. After every patrol, firefight, guard duty etc, a debrief should follow. This allows you to develop a “truth report” i.e. “after action report” to be file with highers. Debriefs allow us to recognize our mistakes or improve our strengths, were you have presence and what areas have been neglected.  You may see that you are using the same routes and crossings, which is setting you up for an IED. All this keeps Marines engaged and does not allow complacency to creep in. As the fighting goes on every Marine gains understanding of the enemy, how they fight and how your actions affect them. You should take minutes i.e. have someone record. Follow the same format to create an organized system that allows for thorough and efficient information flow. Apply my notes on studying, at the beginning of Tri-F. The debriefs should be divided between enemy and friendly topics. IMO first, discuss any firefight in detail, analyzing your actions and the enemy’s actions. IMO; details of any firefight should be discussed before anything else i.e. get the emotional event out of the way. Give updates to the KIA, WIA or MIA if possible, thus ease emotions. This event was not planned i.e. written down before the patrol. The rest of the patrols events were. Thus this gives everyone time to organize and work through their thoughts about the firefight and make and compare notes. You could use the I.SALUTE R.W.P. format to break down all of the details about the enemy and how they fought. Discuss you’re an the enemies phases of combat. Then discuss significant events like atmospherics, locals you interacted with, compounds searched, confirm the census data. Finally discuss the basics of the patrol in detail covering the items on the patrol order, look for ways to improve these based on current events. 


Newjarheaddean; 

Here is another site I found recently a Marine site, ooh rah! It's called "Super Marine"  I well list some of the more interesting info I found and work on some comments i.e. updates. Its a good site I enjoyed my time there, however it dose prove some of my worst fears.


 First my intro to planning as a reminder;
In this section, I have done my best to eliminate the repeat, filibuster and general B.S., which is found in all Field manuals. IMO Uncle Sam likes to change his terms and acronyms at every level of command and annually in most cases. Example BAMCES, FEBA, SMEAC, METT-T, OCCOCA etc.


From Super Marine site and the link

http://thesupermarine.com/default.aspx


Troop leading steps; BAMCIS:
B - Begin Planning
A - Arrange Reconnaissance
M - Make Reconnaissance
C - Complete Planning
I - Issue Orders
S - Supervise (Supervise being the most important step)

Five paragraph order; O-SMEAC
O - Orientation
S - Situation
M - Mission
E - Execution
A - Administration and Logistics
C - Command and Signal

Contents of the Admin and Logistics paragraph of the 5 Paragraph Order i.e. Five Bs;
Beans - Food
Bullets - Ammunition
Batteries - Communication Resupply
Band-Aids - Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC)
Bad Guys - Enemy POWs


Acronyms for tactical control measures and planning:
LOD - Line of Departure (a line designated to coordinate the beginning of an attack)
FCL - Final Coordination Line (coordinates final deployment of assault echelon)
RFL - Restrictive Fire Line (limits the fires and effect of fires of maneuver elements)
FEBA - Forward Edge of the Battle Area
MBA - Main Battle Area

Estimating the situation; METT-TSL
M - Mission
E - Enemy
T - Terrain and Weather
T - Troops and Fire Support Available
TSL - Time, Space, and Logistics


Steps in establishing the defense; SAFE-SOC
S - Security
A - Automatic Weapons
F - Interlocking Fields of Fire
E - Entrenchment

S - Select primary and supplementary firing positions
O - Construct Obstacles
C - Camouflage, cover and concealment

What are the fundamentals of the defense? KOCOA
K - Key terrain
O - Observation and Fields of Fire
C - Cover and Concealment
O - Obstacles
A - Avenues of Approach






"I well bet my lucky star" IKYG

G-day!
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2 comments:

  1. Victor AguilarJuly 30, 2011 at 10:32 PM

    Thank you for your insightful comments on my site. Section M of my tactics page was written years ago when my site first went online. I have replaced it with a new discussion of using mortars to shoot snipers off the roof of tall buildings. Anybody who has been following events in Libya, Syria, Yemen, etc. knows that, in rebel-held towns, the roofs of tall office buildings are often the only ground the government forces hold.

    Also, I have a Java Applet on my website for doing mortar fire control. It can be used for either direct-fire applications such as shooting the snipers off the roof of a tall building as well as indirect-fire applications where the gunner cannot see the enemy and is getting intel from a forward observer.

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  2. UnknownJuly 31, 2011 at 9:27 AM

    AHOY,

    Mr Aguilar,


    Congratulations Sir!


    My first comment, I wish a had a prize to award you.

    I well return to your site and study some more.

    I've always been and well always be about learning Combat Tactics.

    Your site is the type of site I have been looking for. Just last night I added a link to it at the top of my blog, hopefully you well get more traffic.

    " I well bet my lucky star" IKYG

    G-day!

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