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I have been a team leader for a long time now, but due to a medical situation with one of our squad leaders, have just been upgraded to a squad leader to fill a spot for an upcoming JRTC rotation. I know the basic leadership stuff, but as for being a 12B what can I focus my time on in the next few weeks to be mentally prepared for JRTC? We are attached to a light infantry unit and will be light ourselves. I am assuming all the normal demo and what not, but what else?? Any help or advice is greatly appreciated.
12B: Combat Engineer
11B: Infantryman
Fort Johnson
Leadership
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Man. Landgren has great points. Get the Tacsop and ask your PLT. Sgt. and LT. To go over it with you and the other Sqad leaders to discuss scenarios that will an may occur. You then bring that down a notch and do the same with your squad. Repeat again and again during down time. As for the leadership piece, you have it or they would not have elevated you. Listen to your squad, hear what they say. Never be afraid to ask your peers questions, and always speak with the PLT. Sgt.
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CSM Darieus ZaGara Thanks, CSM! I am pumped to go and at this compacity and absolutely MAJ Ken Landgren provided a ton of solid advice. I was already blowing up my PL SGT phone last night asking him to send me things! Thank you again!
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As a former OPFOR ar JRTC.
Understand that the OPFOR knows your TTP's. They know what youre going to do and how youre likely to do it. Do the best job you can and the best tou can for your people. Also understand that your attitude will be refoected by your troops.
Understand that the OPFOR knows your TTP's. They know what youre going to do and how youre likely to do it. Do the best job you can and the best tou can for your people. Also understand that your attitude will be refoected by your troops.
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SGT Ed Walden I fully expect to fail, after all it is a training event, but I just don't want to look like I'm lost in the sauce the entire time!! Lol... I am super pumped about JRTC and I am focused on trying to keep my guys up and morale high! Thanks for the response, Sgt!
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Practice reaction to contact drills. Being attached to your light infantry, they'll conduct the movement to the OBJ, but you'll need to fight as infantry until they need you breaching skills for forced entry on a MOUT site. Shuggart Gordon, is complex, and in making your sand tables be sure to highlight your multi-storied structures, in order to foreshadow machine gun/ crew serve emplacements. Have your saw gunners augment the infantry's machine gun teams. Remember Violence of Action, and Overwhelming firepower creates designed situations!
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Good Luck and God's Speed Sapper! Essayons!
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SSG Christopher Peters - thanks, that is great advice. I wasn't sure how being attached was going to fully work, this is our first time being this way. We have been training in that manner, just providing our own security, recon and engineer teams. Thanks, SSG! Essayons!!
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