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I would suggest that one of the most challenging of factors to direct entry will be maturity.  SOF is looking for folks who are not only very fit and capable in acquiring technical skills but also mature enough to operate in small teams with little oversight.  I suspect that a recruiting...

Submitted.

I'll be submitting.  Probably do it next week.

We executed it with all the Bn's officers.  We took two hours to execute it but the plan was 90 mins.  It started with my intro, then a reading of the problem followed by questions.  Participants then had 15 mins to come up with a solution then OC's had 30 mins with their people to discuss and...

I just led this one for officer's PD.  Wicked discussion.

As per our doctrine and practice we try to have depth at every level.  Depth trenches, sects, platoons, coys, and on.  So some depth is out of artillery range but a lot of it isn't.  The depth BG might be out tube artillery range but almost defiantly not out of rocket range.  The depth Bde might...

This Cbt Tm in Ops Pam I'm reviewing explicitly states that depth should be included in the counter moves plan.  I'm pretty sure that's the only place I've seen that. I think a depth sub unit as part of a BG could quickly find themselves overwhelmed with the number of tasks given if the...

Another principle by which I'm approaching this thing.  We must explain why we do certain things and the inherent assumptions behind them.  By explaining why and the assumptions used our doctrine will be able to be much more instructive for those who lack experience in any particular area.  As...

Ballz, thanks for the reminder.  I'm reviewing the defensive chapter now. On top of the list I mentioned at the start of this is there anything else you like to see explicitly discussed in the pub?

Still plugging away here.  With the annexes the offence chapter is over 100 pages.  I have eliminated a lot of stuff thus far based on not repeating stuff from higher doctrinal manuals and that SOPs should be in the SOP manual. I've been asking myself what do we want from this thing?  Above I...

AD and the lack thereof is mentioned.  Not getting any reviewing done in this 10 man tent tonight!

100%  So two options:  They refer to either the Bn/Regt in Battle or Coy/Sqn in Battle (depending if they were looking for BG or Cbt Tm) or we include the BG/Cbt Tm annex in their respective pub too. It would be one common annex to all the requisite corps publications.  The more I think about...

What if Cbt Tm in Ops was an annex to the new Infantry Coy and Armoured Sqn manuals?  BG could be the same way for Infantry Battalion and Armoured Regiment. I think this would cut down on the number of manuals and page count.  An infantry OC then knows he can go to one location to find...

Some shittery happened in the background during work up training where my CQ ran the Cbt Tm ech with the SSM mentoring him.  Not sure how that came about and I failed to shut it down but it gave him some good experience.  In Latvia we ran it as per above and it worked well. The problem with the...

I actually like the way it is currently doctrinally laid out.  The 2IC should be squarely focussed on maintaining comms with higher and being prepared to take over.  He isn't commanding the ech.  The Tpt Sgt does this and in a Cbt Tm context then it's the SSM with the Tpt Sgt supporting him. ...

Submitted.  For the next one maybe we could get the slide with just the terrain on it so we could add our conops to it.

You might be seeing that come in.  What I'm reviewing is a draft written by contractors from the Tactics School.

I imagine by a team of 1?

The Cbt Tm in Ops pam is being reviewed.  The fact that our Pams are no longer printed means that they can be reviewed and updated more frequently.  I've been asked to have a look at the pub and give my comments.  A couple thoughts have already been put forward such as making Cbt Tm in Ops an...

I also thought of a single Coy going in on GOAT which would have freed up a Coy to follow and support the tank sqn thereby alleviating a number of concerns but I was worried about the ratio of pitting a single coy against another coy in a hasty attack. I like picketing with anti armour.  It...