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Everything is in order and everything is up and running. Any ideas to kill time? I got this killer view.
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Posted 7 y ago
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Look left..Look right..Notice any Infantry in fighting positions on your perimeter?
No huh.... Might want to work on some basic skills like defense security, weapons handling, brush up on the Claymore mine, field expedient early warning devices.
In combat, the unit commander needs to communicate, and that means Re trans is going up someplace..Might be co located on a FOB or larger PB, might be you and 6 of your commo section buddies and a Infantry squad..If the later, you better know how to defend, fight and survive in an austere environment with limited support on hand, and significant time/space from reinforcements
No huh.... Might want to work on some basic skills like defense security, weapons handling, brush up on the Claymore mine, field expedient early warning devices.
In combat, the unit commander needs to communicate, and that means Re trans is going up someplace..Might be co located on a FOB or larger PB, might be you and 6 of your commo section buddies and a Infantry squad..If the later, you better know how to defend, fight and survive in an austere environment with limited support on hand, and significant time/space from reinforcements
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Going to have to side with SGM Erik Marquez and SSG Robert Perrotto on this one. Easy answer. Mission first...maintain communications and check it every 5 minutes even if it doesn't need it. Then...in between that monotony...establish a defense. If you don't have infantry collocated, and you should, then you are my first priority for killing in a real-world fight. I'm looking for lone antennae sticking up on a hilltop. Then, I'm going to lob high-explosive shells on you until there aren't any more long, pointy objects up there any more. Might want to think about digging a hole and getting some overhead cover. Learn how to do it now. If you need motivation, watch Band of Brothers when they are in the forest. Then you might want to identify avenues of approach (where would an infantry team walk up to my position on foot). Might want to think about putting some obstacles there. If you don't have anything (which you should because you have obviously checked and triple checked your BII/AAL and combat load of CL-IV), then improvise with all that wiring you should be carrying and make some tanglefoot. Look it up. It's a real thing. Is there a road leading to your position? Might want to throw something over that to block vehicular traffic. Nothing like a BRDM rolling up to see what those pointy objects are to ruin your day and make your mom really unhappy. Bottom line, be a Soldier. Your life might depend on it some day.
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really cannot believe you are asking this question - lets see - sector sketches, terrain association, spot and salute reports, perimeter defenses, cammo yourself and vehicle, you know, things that might get you home alive in a real world situation
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SSG Robert Perrotto
There are plenty of tasks he can do that does not require any resources or special equipment to do. Buddy Aid, map reading, terrain features, cammo position, salute and spot reports, 9 line medevac reports. the list is endless, and really simple to do. Your MOS should not prevent you from training on these skills in a field environment, especially if the Soldier is looking for things to do on a forum in a field environment.
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SSG (Join to see) - I whole heartedly disagree with you. I agree that while Skill level 1 tasks are not the focus of non-combat MOS soldiers they should still be practiced. Our Army has become so focused on the COIN fight, with our mega FOBs, contracted security guards, and burger kings in combat that we're ineffective in the traditional ways of warfare that we would encounter in combat against a peer or near-peer enemy.
This is something that has been very apparent to me while I've been assigned to the OPFOR here in Germany. I understand that the units that come here to train are at a major disadvantage compared to the Soldiers that are assigned here as OPFOR, I've fought in the same area for over 2 years now and I know the box of Hohenfels too well at this point.
For this Soldier to think that "Everything is in order and everything is up and running. Any ideas to kill time? I got this killer view." and not be thinking about what he would need to do to stay alive, and complete his mission in actual combat that the Army wants us to train for now is just wrong.
Also the idea of "But hey, if you'd rather bleed out, not be able to radio for help, or walk back... we can stop focusing on our jobs to keep up with things that don't matter to our profession." is wrong. As Infantryman we cross train. Why shouldn't other MOS's do the same? Because it's not important? I guess we'll see how important it is when, not if but when, we go to war with a peer or near-peer enemy.
This is something that has been very apparent to me while I've been assigned to the OPFOR here in Germany. I understand that the units that come here to train are at a major disadvantage compared to the Soldiers that are assigned here as OPFOR, I've fought in the same area for over 2 years now and I know the box of Hohenfels too well at this point.
For this Soldier to think that "Everything is in order and everything is up and running. Any ideas to kill time? I got this killer view." and not be thinking about what he would need to do to stay alive, and complete his mission in actual combat that the Army wants us to train for now is just wrong.
Also the idea of "But hey, if you'd rather bleed out, not be able to radio for help, or walk back... we can stop focusing on our jobs to keep up with things that don't matter to our profession." is wrong. As Infantryman we cross train. Why shouldn't other MOS's do the same? Because it's not important? I guess we'll see how important it is when, not if but when, we go to war with a peer or near-peer enemy.
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SSG Robert Perrotto
really getting tired of "thats not my job" mentality that is prevalent in soft MOS's, sorry troops, it IS YOUR JOB to be able to shoot move and communicate - if the enemy can see you, you cannot shoot, if you have no idea on a map where you are, you cannot move, and if you do not know how to give reports, then you are dead.
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SSG Robert Perrotto
And if you are not doing these basic skill level 1 skills, then your NCOIC is failing you
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