The UK did this all the time in Northern Ireland. "Bricks" - UK Fire teams - would alternate between open patrolling and "lurking", while co-operating with other "satellite" patrols.
It is really not useful to distinguish between SF and Infantry when it comes to small unit tactics. WHY the differentiation and antagonism persists is a mysteryOf course this would mean a major paradigm shift in the way our infantry operates and leadership thinks, the grunts would have to operate less like a ground pounder and more like SF. Boy oh boy, SOCOM would be in a tizzy then.![]()
The intellectual powers of ENLISTED Marines have never worried me.....There are many who have made the fatal mistake of underestimating the intellectual prowess of Marine NCOs.![]()
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