(26) Battalion commander, Infantry Basic Officer Leadership Course, email message to author, December 16, 2016. Expanding Brigade Combat Teams: Is the Training Base Adequate? In the Infantry Basic Officer Leadership Course (IBOLC), lieutenants train to lead infantry platoons in modern warfare. Infa...
It's vital that the officer stays alive so they can respawn back to the rally point. Always command the unit on what's lacking. If there's a need for any kind of support, then let everyone know. Strategic Methods For The Infantry Officer In Hell Let Loose Try to mark a target or ...
Long strands of fiber are interlaced to form a dense net. A bullet is traveling much faster than a soccer ball, of course, so the net needs to be made from stronger material. The most famous material used in body armor is DuPont's KEVLAR fiber. KEVLAR is lightweight, like a ...
A dog's handler, trained in veterinary first aid, can provide some basic assistance in the field. Dogs with serious injuries, however, must take a ride on a medevac helicopter to one of several military veterinary centers located around the world. Dogs with long-term injuries -- physical or...
The needle shaft is of uncertain visibility on ultrasound and, like a long shot, small errors at the outset can result in a miss. Core biopsy devices give a better specimen for the pathologist to look at but also put a bigger hole in the patient. I often took my own precious biopsy ...
and returned home to tell the tale. Lucky would be a USMC bulldog. I contacted my best friend from high school who was an accomplished artist and novelist. Craig MacIntosh had served as an infantry officer in Vietnam. After he got out, he went to work for the Minneapolis Star Tribune....
Thousands of infantrymen, tanks and vehicles were able hit the beach with relative ease. “There’s something screwy,” one corporal said of the ominous calm. The Marines were right to be suspicious. As soon as the first units advanced onto an ash-covered terrace beyond the shore, dozens...
Thanks! Sorry, but as long as Overwolf is Windows-only, Arena Tutor will likely be the same. Reply AJ November 1, 2022 4:03 am Will you be updated the article with suggested starter deck upgrades like last year? As a beginner, I found your sugggestions really helpful and I had way...
“failure rate in the officer course is running at 15–20%,” he wrote. “such confidence does the military have in the mysteries of psychological research that they are asking the selection section to try to identify these 15% during the first week in training.” the head of israeli ...
This cartoon’s gag is kind of obvious, but it made me laugh, especially after seeingKevin Moore’sart on it. The “ye-e-es” dude in panel three especially cracks me up. (The “ye-e-es!” was entirely Kevin’s idea, btw. I find it hilarious, but I wouldn’t have thought of ...