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Infantry Tactics [Wednesday Second Period]
Much like the previous week, this week there was a large pile of assorted gear waiting when students arrived. "No, we're not doing the same thing we did last week, but you do have five minutes to figure out what you want to carry for today's run. You can pick up as little or as much as you want. And once that's done we'll get moving. Feel free to coordinate among yourselves so that you don't carry duplicates of stuff you only need one of. Or don't, whatever's easier."
Once the five minutes was up, Max simply began jogging off, not making any sort of announcement. After a minute or so, enough time for everyone to settle into the pace, he began. "In some ways the topic of today's class is a bit redundant. We'll be talking about something that all of you have been doing quite a bit of since we started this section in irregular forces. Still, despite your obvious familiarity, it's still worth covering the topic. So today we're going to be talking about improvisation."
"Of course, any military unit has to be capable of some level of improvisation if it is to be successful," Max pointed out as he cut off the main path and through some trees. "But regular forces tend to be assigned tasks which are relatively predictable which cuts down on the amount of improvisation they require. Irregulars, on the other hand, get assigned all sorts of crazy jobs, and that means that they have to be much more adaptable in order to carry out their assigned tasks. This is especially true because of equipment. Regular units are assigned a very specific set of equipment and are given orders based on that equipment. Irregulars, on the other hand, don't really have a standard set of equipment, and that means that they're much more likely to be assigned to do something off the wall, something that they just might have the gear for. Of course they probably don't, but that's how the military works."
"Basically, irregular forces receive all sorts of orders that completely disregard what they may or may not have with them, so improvisation is doubly important if you're to carry out your mission objectives. I realize that you're all independent and creativespecial snowflakes people, and that you're all rather good at this sort of thing already, but it's an important enough topic that I felt that it was worth covering in its own class."
Max smiled in dark amusement as he pushed through a final stand of tall trees and stopped the run at the edge of a canyon. "It's about twenty feet across," he told his students. "And you have to figure out some way to get everyone over there by the end of class." He glanced down over the edge, "It's only an eighty foot climb, so if you really want to, everyone can go down and back up, but I suspect that some of you can come up with an idea based on whatever you've got with you."
"And once everyone gets to the other side, we're done. But until that happens, you're all staying." Max's grin turned downright evil. "Oh, and I'm injured for this exercise. Broken leg. You have to figure out how to get me across, too."
Once the five minutes was up, Max simply began jogging off, not making any sort of announcement. After a minute or so, enough time for everyone to settle into the pace, he began. "In some ways the topic of today's class is a bit redundant. We'll be talking about something that all of you have been doing quite a bit of since we started this section in irregular forces. Still, despite your obvious familiarity, it's still worth covering the topic. So today we're going to be talking about improvisation."
"Of course, any military unit has to be capable of some level of improvisation if it is to be successful," Max pointed out as he cut off the main path and through some trees. "But regular forces tend to be assigned tasks which are relatively predictable which cuts down on the amount of improvisation they require. Irregulars, on the other hand, get assigned all sorts of crazy jobs, and that means that they have to be much more adaptable in order to carry out their assigned tasks. This is especially true because of equipment. Regular units are assigned a very specific set of equipment and are given orders based on that equipment. Irregulars, on the other hand, don't really have a standard set of equipment, and that means that they're much more likely to be assigned to do something off the wall, something that they just might have the gear for. Of course they probably don't, but that's how the military works."
"Basically, irregular forces receive all sorts of orders that completely disregard what they may or may not have with them, so improvisation is doubly important if you're to carry out your mission objectives. I realize that you're all independent and creative
Max smiled in dark amusement as he pushed through a final stand of tall trees and stopped the run at the edge of a canyon. "It's about twenty feet across," he told his students. "And you have to figure out some way to get everyone over there by the end of class." He glanced down over the edge, "It's only an eighty foot climb, so if you really want to, everyone can go down and back up, but I suspect that some of you can come up with an idea based on whatever you've got with you."
"And once everyone gets to the other side, we're done. But until that happens, you're all staying." Max's grin turned downright evil. "Oh, and I'm injured for this exercise. Broken leg. You have to figure out how to get me across, too."
Get across