Two weeks ago everyone broke into different groups to learn different specialties. There was a group that was sent to learn more in depth about building camouflage stands, a group that went to learn more about navigating, a group that was chosen to be the advanced team, and everyone who was leftover stayed to guard the base.
I guess I might have ruined the surprise with the title of this post, but I was sent to be a part of the advanced team. I had actually thought, and others also assumed, I would be a part of the navigating group after my results from the last week of navigation. It was later explained to me that it is extremely rare for someone to be both a navigator and in the advanced team (and the advanced team takes priority). It is actually somewhat logical, if I am going to be carrying the light machine gun and all of the ammunition it would make it rather difficult to concentrate on navigating.
In each advanced team there is a commander, his radio man, a light machine gunner, and a sharpshooter. Because it is a relatively small group of people there was almost one instructor for each person. Due to the nature in which these instructors like to teach it made for a rather intense week. There was very little downtime.
The main idea of the week was to build chemistry among the advanced team, which will be crucial in future missions. The first two days we focused on open field warfare. We practiced storming hills and basic formations. The next day we spent working on urban warfare. This consisted of a review of searching buildings and a quick crash course on arresting suspected terrorists in their homes. All-in-all it was a very productive week. We also advanced significantly in our hand-to-hand combat skills. We were taught how to disarm an attacker who is using a handgun or melee weapon. Granted it was explained to us that disarming someone with a handgun would only actually be helpful in the instance of a mugging because if the handgun were in the hands of a terrorist they would just shoot rather than point the gun at you and start asking you questions.
In each advanced team there is a commander, his radio man, a light machine gunner, and a sharpshooter. Because it is a relatively small group of people there was almost one instructor for each person. Due to the nature in which these instructors like to teach it made for a rather intense week. There was very little downtime.
The main idea of the week was to build chemistry among the advanced team, which will be crucial in future missions. The first two days we focused on open field warfare. We practiced storming hills and basic formations. The next day we spent working on urban warfare. This consisted of a review of searching buildings and a quick crash course on arresting suspected terrorists in their homes. All-in-all it was a very productive week. We also advanced significantly in our hand-to-hand combat skills. We were taught how to disarm an attacker who is using a handgun or melee weapon. Granted it was explained to us that disarming someone with a handgun would only actually be helpful in the instance of a mugging because if the handgun were in the hands of a terrorist they would just shoot rather than point the gun at you and start asking you questions.
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