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Category: Tactics

Tactical Security Operations: The Screen

14 March 2017
Tyler Jackson
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As I mentioned in my last article, ”Area and Local Security: Conceptual framing for Tactical Security Operations”, there are three similar, yet separate forms of TSO; Screen, Guard, and Cover. Each entail a progressively higher level of capability and requirements. These three categories employ a variety of tactics, techniques, and…

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The Raid: A Virtual Gaming Experience

13 March 2017
Matt Geders
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Click READ ME below to see the video…

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The Raid: Media Review

11 March 2017
Matt Geders
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Click READ ME below to watch the video.  There is nothing like a good crime movie to demonstrate the basic principals of the raid.  The 1995 movie Heat with Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, and Val Kilmer is a pretty good example of that…

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Area and Local Security: Conceptual Framing for Tactical Security Operations for Small Units

9 March 2017
Tyler Jackson
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This article was submitted to another site around 2014 and was never published. Its almost spring again in Missouri and that means brushing off the cobwebs of winter and getting back in the field to teach leadership at One Shepherds’ Warrior Leader Program. (WLP) One of the students who is…

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Worst Case Scenario: Behind Enemy Lines

10 July 2011
Christopher Larsen (Ph.D.)
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“We’re paratroopers, Lieutenant. We’re supposed to be surrounded.” – CPT Richard “Dick” Winters at the Battle of the Bulge It’s an oddity of battle that there are numerous tactical reasons to find oneself behind enemy lines. An envelopment or in the case of airborne troops a vertical envelopment will almost…

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Elusiveness: Force protection means being hard-to-kill

10 February 2011
Christopher Larsen (Ph.D.)
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As with any other aspect of warfare, force protection includes various measures and concerns, with situational awareness, simply knowing what’s coming next, being preeminent. Too, it’s always a good idea to establish 360 degree security around us; an umbrella of protected space above us; and a networked bubble below us.…

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Reconnaissance: Masterful Use by Small Unit Leaders

20 January 2011
Christopher Larsen (Ph.D.)
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Most warriors understand reconnaissance – the need for it, it’s objectives, and how to conduct various reconnaissance techniques. Yet when tasked with an Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (ISR) asset, few small unit leaders are comfortable with this asset. In fact, it is commonly viewed as a burden. And so now it’s…

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Worst Case Scenario: Outnumbered Assault!

10 October 2008
Christopher Larsen (Ph.D.)
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We’re bound to be outnumbered sometimes. That is unless the MILSIM scenario planners intentionally set the opposing forces at exactly an equal number of troops – and that almost never happens! The natural instinct under such conditions is to bunker-down tight and form the team into a small defensive perimeter.…

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Violence of Action: Forward Momentum on the Battlefield

10 December 2007
Christopher Larsen (Ph.D.)
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What is the objective of armed conflict? The answer, in its purist form is to impose will. This means to impose our will upon our opponent, both for brief moments of time and for a lasting duration. Imposing will for a lasting duration is decidedly not a military objective –…

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Worst Case Scenario: Weapon Jam!

10 October 2007
Christopher Larsen (Ph.D.)
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It happens. Weapons jam no matter how sophisticated or primitive. Even a club can break. Frankly, the more moving parts in a weapon system, the greater the chance that something will fail—particularly in the rugged demands of the battlefield. Let’s be clear here. A weapon may fail for many reasons.…

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