Stupid GI Tricks

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Originally Posted by dragoon500ly

Tony...

One should always keep one's friends close...and one's friends even closer!

Lee,

Ha, true!

I don't have any personal stories, but I can pass along one second-hand about a new LT.

A friend of mine was in the local militia unit (the Royal Westminster Regiment, part of the Reserve Force Command) which practices on a regular basis in Washington State at Yakima against regular US Army and National Guard counterparts, including the Rangers based at Ft. Lewis. According to him, the Rangers were the only Enemy Force that ever kicked their butts.

While training against Rangers acting as the Enemy Force, they were ambushed while moving along a road. After breaking contact the new platoon leader's bright idea was to attack again down the same road (instead of trying to flank them) because "...they'll never expect that!"

Apparently, they did. I think he tried the same approach again using the same shaky theory, and it went about as well as the first two times.

Tony