In 1982 when I was in 7th Infantry Division at Fort Ord, California we were able to send guys to the Marine Corps sniper school at Camp Pendleton. Division headquarters put out guidance to stop...
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In 1982 when I was in 7th Infantry Division at...
In 1982 when I was in 7th Infantry Division at Fort Ord, California we were able to send guys to the Marine Corps sniper school at Camp Pendleton. Division headquarters put out guidance to stop...
You hardly ever hear of Recondos or Long-Range...
You hardly ever hear of Recondos or Long-Range Reconnaissance Patrols these days. I met a few graduates of division-level Recondo schools when I joined in 1977 and Lurps were spoken of with a kind...
It's probably FEBA, Forward Edge of Battle Area,...
It's probably FEBA, Forward Edge of Battle Area, sort of like a front line or a FLOT.
No Substitute for Being There
The Tom Ricks blog has the following quote from Gunner Keith, USMC:
To read the rest click on the link below. This is the 12th in a series of tutorials by Gunner Keith on small unit tactics...
The DoD R & D guys have a prior claim on that...
The DoD R & D guys have a prior claim on that acronym, meaning Engineering Design Model.
We used to have thousands of guys called RTOs, for radio-telephone operators, but the acronym had to be...