Quote Originally Posted by Ken White View Post
The former will work; the Squad Leader has -- or should have -- the flexibility to organize within reason the way he wishes .... His rationale was that accurate and automatic fire kept the bad guys down and the BAR Men weren't as mobile and flexible as riflemen. He went where he thought he needed to be at the time.

Wouldn't have done it that way myself but whatever works.
Amazing how we're having this big debate on proper squad/team tactics.

Seems to me that the NCO SL's and TL's through the wars have pretty quickly adapted "standard" techniques to whatever works best for their particular areas and leadership compentencies - and perhaps there isn't a "right" solution. Hmmmm .... amazing discovery!

Debating how many MG's in a squad can be enlightening, but the real question is whether you're keeping the organization flexible enough to adapt to the enviornment.