02-27-2017, 01:09 PM
One thing I might toss in here, though it's not so much tactics as it's more or less procedure. On the mission I lead last night everyone did phenomenal. The one thing I might offer in suggestion though...
There was a moment when there was a small explosion amidst the group. Luckily no one was injured or killed. Right after the explosion I asked for a status report from my team, "All squad members report status, is anyone down?" two or three people immediately reported in that they were fine, but not everyone did. So I followed up by asking each individual squad member directly one at a time "2 are you ok, 3 are you alive, 4 are you up.... etc, etc." It would be helpful if a squad leader, or a medic for that matter ask "squad report status any one hit?" for each member of the team to be sure you report status. In the example situation only a few people responded, but when I turned around I counted more people standing than actually reported which lead to me asking one by one in turn.
The reason this is important to me, is that as a team leader if I ask live or dead status check if some one doesn't report in I should be able to assume that individual is down and either dead or unconscious. In such a circumstance I can then react and have people quickly search for the down soldier and see if they can be treated or if they are dead. This whole doctrine falls apart though if some one who is alive and fine doesn't respond to the status call, I might waste time taking a casualty assessment and recovery stance when in fact it's not needed as their are no actual casualties.
Also it waste time for the team leader to have to ask each member individually one by one on a status check of any kind. If the team leader ask "all members report 'X' " each member should report back without further prompting.
All in all it's just a communication thing.
Also I hope no one reads this as a gripe, context and delivery are lost a lot of times in text. This is just a tactics discussion, and offering up ideas or advice. Overall the mission was carried out excellently and we suffered no dead. However even a 100% successful mission can still offer up learning experiences and areas that can be improved.
There was a moment when there was a small explosion amidst the group. Luckily no one was injured or killed. Right after the explosion I asked for a status report from my team, "All squad members report status, is anyone down?" two or three people immediately reported in that they were fine, but not everyone did. So I followed up by asking each individual squad member directly one at a time "2 are you ok, 3 are you alive, 4 are you up.... etc, etc." It would be helpful if a squad leader, or a medic for that matter ask "squad report status any one hit?" for each member of the team to be sure you report status. In the example situation only a few people responded, but when I turned around I counted more people standing than actually reported which lead to me asking one by one in turn.
The reason this is important to me, is that as a team leader if I ask live or dead status check if some one doesn't report in I should be able to assume that individual is down and either dead or unconscious. In such a circumstance I can then react and have people quickly search for the down soldier and see if they can be treated or if they are dead. This whole doctrine falls apart though if some one who is alive and fine doesn't respond to the status call, I might waste time taking a casualty assessment and recovery stance when in fact it's not needed as their are no actual casualties.
Also it waste time for the team leader to have to ask each member individually one by one on a status check of any kind. If the team leader ask "all members report 'X' " each member should report back without further prompting.
All in all it's just a communication thing.
Also I hope no one reads this as a gripe, context and delivery are lost a lot of times in text. This is just a tactics discussion, and offering up ideas or advice. Overall the mission was carried out excellently and we suffered no dead. However even a 100% successful mission can still offer up learning experiences and areas that can be improved.