Two Squad Platoon AAR Video Re: March 10

This is a ten minute long, real-time video record of E-Male’s SL command screen while working as part of a Two Squad Platoon (TSP) along with the 1st MIP squad under John.C, on the night of Saturday March 10 at the ??? map. This FRAPs video captured my voice. In future I will use this feature to include an in-video audio narration of the action and command sequence. Tech Note: Ten minutes of FRAPs video made for a 26 gigabyte uncompressed .avi file, which was then compressed to a mere 22MB .flv in Sorensen Squeeze.

Both squad leaders had trouble maintaining fireteam cohesion due to training issues with new members. Nonetheless, the TSP operations on this map were an overwhelming success and contributed significantly to a narrow win by our army. John.C maintained excellent inter-squad communication protocol, while I myself too frequently broke comm protocol. Note that the flag was lost within minutes of squad 2 shipping out to the North East capture point. This Fishing Village flag is a central flag and must be defended by at least two squads at all times until it is locked. The overall TSP strategy was a simple two-zone defence coordinated between the squad leaders E-Male and John.C.

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Both squad leaders noted that the TSP added extra complexity to command and communication. Simultaneous launching of an assault is the key benefit of the TSP, and requires fireteam discipline, fire code standards, and successful pre-attack concealment. Squad leaders can use Alpha fireteam to launch suppress and distract operations against a hostile target while the supporting TSP squad is moving into attack distance. This serves to pull the enemy away from the second squad, but is done so at the risk of the primary squad being disabled before the support squad is ready to attack, which in turn would then send the entire TSP unit into another cycle of regrouping. Thus far the primary TSP tactics are evolving as follows: zone defense, coordinated attacks, and pre-attack suppress and distract maneuvers.


Squad 2 – SL John.C with:
Aculle
Finestyle
Grunt
Snoopicus
Gangrene

Squad 6 – SL E-Male with:
Coridon
JohnFlenaly
Fat
Whitefear
Dragon


Various Screenshots -- Chronological Order



















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