Quote Originally Posted by jcustis View Post
Took the words out of my mouth.

The planning and preparation needs to be conventional and doctrinal, even if the actual "approach" isn't quite so much.
I think/know that is correct and Schmedlap is basically on the money.

Proper patrol routine from a Coy base, means 3 Platoons working really hard, and it is very demanding, so planning is everything, but it is "conventional" patrolling.

The most impressive thing I heard in recent years, was how a US Coy planned visits to the market/souk as a "raid" - but without the shooting bit. It's the boards here somewhere. Callwell would be proud.