The Roles and Weapons with the Squad

[BushrangerCZ]

I routinely deployed 4-6 man patrols for layback, OPs and ambushes. These weren't LRRPs, but I was sending small teams out.

Really? You deployed 4-6 man team away from the FB/FOB/COP, where it acted independently for more than couple of hours? I am not talking about cut off/security elements or OPs who are part of the bigger element, I am talking about sending out independent recon/combat patrol, just by itself. LRS units train like that, and organize like that, but never get deployed just like that (current organization of LRS team can be found on their official site in free-to-download presentation). At the end, they drive around stuck in body armor in humwees as whole detachments, not teams (who are supposed and trained to operate by themselves if needed- and I think it´s needed, you can´t hide whole detachment anywhere in that place). I PM´d you the rest od the story.