Yeah it was great. Here is the debrief I was meaning to post the other day but got distracted. I'm heading online in about 30 min. or so.

Squeak-I hear you. Console doesn't lend itself as readily to the TG Primer as PC, but in game we watered-down the real-world tactics when it was necessary to maintain the feasibility and enjoyment in the console environment.

Debrief:

Last night's event was a resounding success for a first practice. Seven Wolves, Astrocat and myself were in attendance. We practiced both successive and alternate bounding in 2 and 3 man teams in the open on Pipeline. We adapted the tactic to faster pace of COD4 by practicing these drills at varying speeds. Faster more aggressive 2-man sprinting successive bounds, and slower but cautious 'sights-up' alternate bounds.

When we switch to 3 man team with the 3rd man as rear guard we had difficulty with squad cohesion. One of the problems was communicating when he should bound forward with the group since he is rear facing and cannot see the groups' bounding. The preliminary technique we found most useful in more open maps like Pipeline was to bound with fixed timing.

Basically each alternating movement is a 3-count sprinting bound. In a 3-man drill, these alternating bounds would be a 2-1 bounding scheme. 2 men move then other 1 man moves. The pacing every 3 counts they bound in alternating fashion until they are in contact with the enemy.

This fixed timing allowed 1 man in the squad to focus rear at all times without having to turn around to see when it is his time to bound and thus expose the squad's rear. Fairly advanced but it allows for fast bounding with good all-around security. But it will take more practice to refine.

The next phase was for close-quarters combat(CQC) movement in Vacant.

We again adopted a 3 man squad. Each man had a position or number in the squad. The #1 position was the point man(TG ABRA). The #2 was the rear guard(AstroCat). And the #3 positon was the support element(SevenWolves). The tactics we practiced were complex and coordinated yet we seemed to learn them quickly.

The basic traveling formation to move forward down a hallway worked well. But the more exciting drill was the corner and intersection crossing drill which we were able to execute with surprising panache for a first practice. All in all we were totally looking all SWAT/SEAL team style moving through the halls of Vacant.