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TDG 10 Recon Results Featuring Badlands Rifleman

In last week’s Tactical Decision Game, you were assigned to plan your reconnaissance of your objective based on the Requests for Information (RFIs) that you came up with in TDG 9. Badlands Rifleman (who has a pretty cool blog and training company of his own) submitted a very detailed reconnaissance plan which he posted onContinue reading “TDG 10 Recon Results Featuring Badlands Rifleman”

Von Steuben Training TDG #10 answer

Originally posted on Badlands Fieldcraft:
VS Training has put together a number of tactical decision games (TDG’s) and I’ve been going through them to knock the rust off of my own planning and decision making skills. If you have some extra time I’d highly suggest checking them out, the ability to thoroughly plan is a…

TDG 10: Troop Leading Steps Part II: Arrange & Make Reconnaissance

Originally posted on American Partisan on April 18, 2021 I started this series, TDG (Tactical Decision Game) Tuesdays, to get you more in the mindset of how you could potentially handle a given tactical scenario with a limited amount of resources and manpower. My goal is to get you to read these scenarios and thinkContinue reading “TDG 10: Troop Leading Steps Part II: Arrange & Make Reconnaissance”

Minuteman vs. Jäger: A Tale of Two Paradigms

In a previous article, I wrote about training paradigms. Basically, everybody has that one scenario in their mind that they are preparing themselves for with their gear and training. That paradigm is the lens through which we view all our tactical inputs, and shapes everything we do in training and preparation. In my experience talkingContinue reading “Minuteman vs. Jäger: A Tale of Two Paradigms”

TDG 9: Troop Leading Steps Part I: Begin the Plan

Originally posted on American Partisan on May 11, 2021 I started this series, TDG (Tactical Decision Game) Tuesdays, to get you more in the mindset of how you could potentially handle a given tactical scenario with a limited amount of resources and manpower. My goal is to get you to read these scenarios and thinkContinue reading “TDG 9: Troop Leading Steps Part I: Begin the Plan”

TDG 8 Recap and Analysis

TDG 8: Retrans Raid presents us with a classic guerrilla warfare scenario. We have a rear echelon enemy position, isolated and lightly defended, that we can attack at our discretion. At the same time we are under-equipped, short on ammunition, and likely outnumbered. We can still accomplish our mission as long as we play ourContinue reading “TDG 8 Recap and Analysis”

Gear Snobbery and the Principle of Diminishing Returns

I have a good friend who goes by “BoltBoy.” Solid guy, he also designs and sells some cool Baofeng accessories. One day BoltBoy went to a precision rifle competition. Active duty and former scout snipers were among the competition, most of them sporting some very expensive weapons. One shooter even had a weather meter thatContinue reading “Gear Snobbery and the Principle of Diminishing Returns”

TDG 8: Retrans Raid

Originally posted on American Partisan on April 27, 2021 I started this series, TDG (Tactical Decision Game) Tuesdays, to get you more in the mindset of how you could potentially handle a given tactical scenario with a limited amount of resources and manpower. My goal is to get you to read these scenarios and thinkContinue reading “TDG 8: Retrans Raid”

TDG 7 Recap and Analysis

In the previous Tactical Decision Game, we looked at the battlefield from the perspective of the enemy commander. In TDG 7: The Other Side of the COIN, we return to our own perspective; the guerrillas. I ran the TDGs in this order to show how considering the enemy’s perspective can help you defeat him. Again,Continue reading “TDG 7 Recap and Analysis”

The Strategic Consequences of Reputation

At this point, everyone is aware of the fact that we just allowed a Chinese spy balloon to fly over our entire country before shooting it down. This is incredibly embarrassing as a nation, and the Biden administration would have you believe that the risk to people on the ground outweighed the security risks ofContinue reading “The Strategic Consequences of Reputation”