Wednesday, March 03, 2004
Tactical blog
Reserve weekend training again tonite, twas indeed cool.
We mostly did RATEL (radio telecommunications) procedures, like LOCSTAT (location status) and CASEVAC (Casualty evacuation) Boring... oh so boring, but need to know.
Apparently were taking these shit hot radios onthe weekend. cant remember the name, but they have crypto gear, which means u can talk normal on the radion and it encrypts yer speach at 128bit then sends it to the other radio and decrypts it. I think they might be RAVEN's but not too sure, cause that wasnt the name he used. Apparently theyre so secret [oooh, aaahhh] he couldnt get clearance to take one to our unit to show us.
Then we moved onto Contact drills. What you do when you see a mofo with a gun pointed at you.
its kinda cool, if u see enemy, you Yell, TAKE COVER, (duh) then whoever has seen the enemy gives a report, 20 meteres left of tree with red tape on it, machine gunner at base of tree. Then the whole section must say seen or not seen, when that happens the section commander, yells, out a field formation, at that point the section gets up, runs 2-3 paces, drops, leopard crawls, gets up takes 2-3 paces drops leopard crawls, till in position. ofcourse not all at the same time, someone has to lay down cover fire. once you kill the mofo, the section commander can yell fight though, at which stage you pepper pot (dont as bout the name i dunno...) you kinda break off into groups of 2 or 3, the first of the group leopard crawls then stops, while the second and or third lay down cover fire, then the second of the group crawls while the first lays down fire, so you advance up to and past the dead enemy, the secco decides when to stop this, (usually 50-100 meters past the enemy, cause its to check for more enemy before you get up and start 'humping' as they call it, {walking} then the secco calls get up, so yall get up then advance, then he cals an all round defence, at that stage, the section goes from this [example]
| | | | | | | | | | |
[This]
to
|
\ /
_ | | O _
/
|
[This]
The dude in the middle is the Secco, the dude next to him is the signaller, the o is the second in command (2ic) and the _ | \ / 's are riflemen or machine gunners or scouts [in no order]
For the exersize i am the 2ic of the section, so my job is to run from each person in the section and check if they have injuries, ammo or any other problems. keep in mind weve just run/crawled 100 meters or so, and all round defence are meant to be anything up to 100-200 meters in diameter. As u can imagine yer already fucked and the 2ic has to run around the whole 'circle' and check everyone, needless to say its a shit job, cause u cant just jog, u must get up, run and jump down at the next person. Pain in arse...
The signaller stays with the secco so the secco can give contact reports and stuff.
Then the secco chooses 2 people to go back to the dead enemy, and strip him of weapon, and anything else of use, grenades, maps, side arms, and if wanted, radios.
when thats done, you get up and keep going.
I tells ye, its hard work but shit its fun. I got grazes, bruises, a sore hip (jumped on the ground and landed on a webbing pouch) but the adreniline goes SHOOMP right thru ye. specially when someones firing at you like las year.
so ye, that was most of my night.
In other news, erin's horny. shes gettin her queen sized bed soon. Space for all!!
Not going to the grand prix [Cryface]
Tafe starts next tuesday :s
im hot [as in heat]
and elvis lives.
We mostly did RATEL (radio telecommunications) procedures, like LOCSTAT (location status) and CASEVAC (Casualty evacuation) Boring... oh so boring, but need to know.
Apparently were taking these shit hot radios onthe weekend. cant remember the name, but they have crypto gear, which means u can talk normal on the radion and it encrypts yer speach at 128bit then sends it to the other radio and decrypts it. I think they might be RAVEN's but not too sure, cause that wasnt the name he used. Apparently theyre so secret [oooh, aaahhh] he couldnt get clearance to take one to our unit to show us.
Then we moved onto Contact drills. What you do when you see a mofo with a gun pointed at you.
its kinda cool, if u see enemy, you Yell, TAKE COVER, (duh) then whoever has seen the enemy gives a report, 20 meteres left of tree with red tape on it, machine gunner at base of tree. Then the whole section must say seen or not seen, when that happens the section commander, yells, out a field formation, at that point the section gets up, runs 2-3 paces, drops, leopard crawls, gets up takes 2-3 paces drops leopard crawls, till in position. ofcourse not all at the same time, someone has to lay down cover fire. once you kill the mofo, the section commander can yell fight though, at which stage you pepper pot (dont as bout the name i dunno...) you kinda break off into groups of 2 or 3, the first of the group leopard crawls then stops, while the second and or third lay down cover fire, then the second of the group crawls while the first lays down fire, so you advance up to and past the dead enemy, the secco decides when to stop this, (usually 50-100 meters past the enemy, cause its to check for more enemy before you get up and start 'humping' as they call it, {walking} then the secco calls get up, so yall get up then advance, then he cals an all round defence, at that stage, the section goes from this [example]
| | | | | | | | | | |
[This]
to
|
\ /
_ | | O _
/
|
[This]
The dude in the middle is the Secco, the dude next to him is the signaller, the o is the second in command (2ic) and the _ | \ / 's are riflemen or machine gunners or scouts [in no order]
For the exersize i am the 2ic of the section, so my job is to run from each person in the section and check if they have injuries, ammo or any other problems. keep in mind weve just run/crawled 100 meters or so, and all round defence are meant to be anything up to 100-200 meters in diameter. As u can imagine yer already fucked and the 2ic has to run around the whole 'circle' and check everyone, needless to say its a shit job, cause u cant just jog, u must get up, run and jump down at the next person. Pain in arse...
The signaller stays with the secco so the secco can give contact reports and stuff.
Then the secco chooses 2 people to go back to the dead enemy, and strip him of weapon, and anything else of use, grenades, maps, side arms, and if wanted, radios.
when thats done, you get up and keep going.
I tells ye, its hard work but shit its fun. I got grazes, bruises, a sore hip (jumped on the ground and landed on a webbing pouch) but the adreniline goes SHOOMP right thru ye. specially when someones firing at you like las year.
so ye, that was most of my night.
In other news, erin's horny. shes gettin her queen sized bed soon. Space for all!!
Not going to the grand prix [Cryface]
Tafe starts next tuesday :s
im hot [as in heat]
and elvis lives.
# posted by Sean @ 23:39 
