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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 9:51 am     Super secret spam barrier
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Road Crossing - A Brief Presentation


In a clear show of how bored I am with so little work, I made a brief presentation about crossing roads at section level. Pretty sure we did something very similar during the patrol ops in Livonia, don't know if it's something that's covered in the SL / FTL training or similar, but hey, thought it might be helpful. Definitely not up to the official channel standards, hence no mention of 3CB anywhere, don't want to bring us into disrepute ;)

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Pretty much how it should be done!

The more common version in my experience is that one FT covers the cross while the other moves through in file - this only exposes one person crossing the road at a time, and means you don't need the SL&FTL to coordinate simultaneous manoeuvres. The effective process is that point man halts at the crossing's edge and covers one direction, the second then halts at the crossing's edge and covers the other direction, and then 3 and 4 cross and cover the first and second directions. That leaves two facing each way down the road in a loose box, with the other FT then passing through this. Upon the other FT finishing the cross, then the original FT then completes the crossing for 1&2, and reforms on the far side to continue.

The troop-scale equivalent to this is that a section covers the crossing, with one FT covering the near side (a pair in each direction), and the other FT passing through and covering the far side. Again has the benefit of leaving the command and control of each element to a single FT, rather than coordinated actions.


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Cheers Nick, makes a lot of sense! Are these the sort of things that come up in the SL / FTL sessions, or is that more focused on command structure and Comms syntax and the like?


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The section manoeuvres are covered in the SL/FTL training, but its the section training that Mick runs that provide the best exposure.

A longer-term plan is to put a little more into basic training.

In terms of road crossings, we have two versions in a draft update to the SL/FTL training.  Once we're happy with them we'll extract and add them on the wiki.  


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Thanks Zulu, very clear and concise!

My two cents are to agree with Nick regarding how the SL/FTL move as this seems to free up a whole fireteam to react to sightings and contacts while the other maintains security on the crossing. It feels a little more dynamic to me.


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