One of my biggest goals for the classes that I teach and the articles that I write is to get patriotic Americans in the mindset of working with others in a team. A key element of this is learning how to task-organize a group into an effective squad, which is something I cover in theContinue reading “Squad Organization”
Category Archives: Team Leader
The Team Leader
Anyone who studies small-unit tactics has to acknowledge one thing; they require a small unit to work. It’s been said before by myself and others in the training community repeatedly that you need to network and establish a group. Implied within that statement is that someone within that group must step up in a leadershipContinue reading “The Team Leader”
Gear Standardization for Prepared Citizen Groups
If you look at a photograph of a squad of US Marines, you will see that everyone has the same uniform, weapons, optics, and load-bearing equipment (excluding special weapons like automatic rifles). This is partly due to logistical simplicity of the military buying a single piece of kit for everyone, and partly due to effectivenessContinue reading “Gear Standardization for Prepared Citizen Groups”
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