Infantry Tactics (in the field)

OC Mueller started the day by briefing us on pertinent information.

Today our workout routine was marching around rough terrain all day.

OC Mueller is relaxing too much.

We had to develop a complex plan to illustrate how we will defend Bush Hill from an enemy attack. We have a light infantry platoon at our disposal and must protect OBJ DOG (objective "Dog", which is a subset of our company commander's objective "Rooster"). Much of our instruction regarded placement of machine guns, observation (which involves both cover and concealment), and call for fire (artillery). There's a lot that goes into a plan like this. You don't just dig a trench in a circle and fill it with people. You use terrain and tactics! By our plan, we are defending a 500 meter diameter circle of land from an enemy with roughly the same firepower. Will it be effective? Well, I think so... but I won't know for sure till the war games tomorrow. Here are some shots that my team used to discuss lanes of fire. They won't mean a lot if you aren't a team member. Sorry.

This is our guide standing on an important stump. (We know the exact coordinates of this stump.)

This is a hydration station.

This would be a perfect picture if I'd gotten the Skiddles.