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Originally Posted by dragoon500ly
While stationed at Fort Hood, got to take part in a map-ex run by the 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division (that's right! I got to walk message forms from one table to another!!  ) The Brigade S-3 was excited because part of the map-ex was to use a tactical nuke to destroy an enemy regiment.
The highlight of the map-ex was the S-3 personally plotting the target location for the tac nuke...
The Brigade Commander calmly watched the whole process and when it came time for him to request release of the nuke, asked the S-3 "Have you confirmed the target location?"
"Yes Sir!"
"You do realize that the grid that you gave is the location of our headquarters?" |
That reminds me of an exercise we did in Korea. Unbeknownst to us a Special Forces team was taking part in the exercise. They had full TOC identification, waltzed right into the field TOC carrying large bags -- and a couple of hours after they left, the G-2 got a phone call to check the underside of the TOC truck he was in. There was a simulated tactical nuclear device there, and somehow, no one had seen the SF team plant it even though the truck in question was in the middle of the TOC area and they used full simulated procedures to plant it.
Sometimes, you can get a long way just by acting like you belong there.