12-18-2009, 07:01 PM
I agree that radio transmission should be brief and to the point, for example "Alpha actual/viking4" then wait for reply, the actual designates the sqd leader or commander rather than just any member of the unit, I was using my name and number in the sqd that way if the leader needs to give me a waypoint connected to the conversation then he wont have to think about what it is or worse have to ask me thus using another transmission. If for example the plt commander calls after the alpha sqd leader has been killed and he does not know who has taken command of alpha he can simply say "alpha/command (or what ever his designation is)," the response would be "command/alpha actual viking", this would tell him that the sqd leader is dead and that viking has taken command of alpha sqd. I admit I will use"this is" in there sometimes by force of habit because in RL we often used it even though it wasnt required. when the sqd leader is calling a sqd member he can simply say "viking/actual" move up 10 meters (or whatever), reply "actual/viking4" roger. short and to the point anyway it is one way of doing it.