> > Excellent Russel. I guess I was concentrating on the Intel aspect of > knowledge rather than the tactical side of it though.. Knowing a units > tactics is of great strategic importance. And every soldier knows (or should > know) a units SOP, tactical procedures, reaction drills and such. >
-----Original Message----- > From: Russel Madere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 1:30 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: UK's troops being seized.. > > When I was a Private I was RTO and then driver for the 1SG. I knew the > radio frequencies and guardpost passwords and as the driver I knew > movement orders about 3 hours before the rest of the unit. Those are > tactical pieces of intelligence that an enemy could use. I have no > illusions I could last more than a few minutes under the care of a good > torturer. > > Every Private probably has a wealth of situationally valuable tactical > knowledge. For example, the Private humping the M-60 probaly knows the > platoon's reaction tactics that would be valuable to know to set up an > ambush. The Private driving the 1SG knows the location of the fuel and > ammo dumps, field kitchen, maintenence point and supply depot. The gun > bunny Private knows exactly what rounds his battery was issued. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:231933 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
