The Delay: A Small unit perspective (interview)

**Ken White** · 08-09-2012

LINK. Note Para 5-2.a. then go to Section II.

**JMA** · 08-09-2012

Originally Posted by Ken White

LINK. Note Para 5-2.a. then go to Section II.

OK but what can one expect in terms of:

... first hand or second hand experience detailing and or describing what the Delay "Feels" like during Small unit Engagements.

"Feels"?

Still lost...

**Tukhachevskii** · 08-09-2012

Originally Posted by JMA

OK but what can one expect in terms of:

"Feels"?

Still lost...

I suppose you have to actually be capable of feelings to know what they feel like

**JMA** · 08-09-2012

Originally Posted by Tukhachevskii

I suppose you have to actually be capable of feelings to know what they feel like

Trust me I do have 'feelings' ... like irritation

**TJackson** · 08-10-2012

Im mainly looking for your experiences with the Delay During a Retrograde.
the "Feeling" part is mostly lent to the art form rather than the science.
The Majority of people who have actually experienced a Delay will eventually start describing analogies or "Feelings" Im looking to record the "War Stories" Aspect of the Delay.

**Fuchs** · 08-10-2012

This thread reminds me a lot of the (by myself) most-hated ballets of so-called breaking contact drills...

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Shouldn't the (infantry small unit) delaying action be really close to a quick far ambush in general (last I heard - and that was long ago - is that the U.S. Army emphasised the far ambush a lot, and neglected the close ambush)?

**JMA** · 08-10-2012

Originally Posted by TJackson

Im mainly looking for your experiences with the Delay During a Retrograde.
the "Feeling" part is mostly lent to the art form rather than the science.
The Majority of people who have actually experienced a Delay will eventually start describing analogies or "Feelings" Im looking to record the "War Stories" Aspect of the Delay.

OK... But sorry can't help ... Never went backwards, so have no such feelings to contribute.

I wonder who can contribute... Ken from Korea? There was some back and forth there.

**Ken White** · 08-10-2012

I've participated in delaying actions against both mounted and dismounted forces. The only feeling I can recall in all instances is one of glee when we successfully forced the oncoming folks to deploy, added glee when we forced them to remain deployed until quite close and even more glee when we used a well selected route of egress to get to a new position and do that all over again.

Yet more glee when, turrets reversed and at 30mph streamed through own lines after successfully delaying the evil enema -- mostly because I knew I could get some sleep...