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What secrets lurk in the filecards?
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11-03-2015, 09:36 AM
john shaft
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Tyroc
Well I don't know how it works within the SMU's but I've organized my support squadron similar to how the SEALs and MARSOC Raiders use their Combat Support guys and how the Australian SASR uses them.
I have a Combat Support Squadron with a small HQ element, under that is an assortment of Troops, one each for CBRN, EOD, MWD.
As an example, the MWD Troop has;
HQ Cell which admin control of each team in regard to pay, training, leave and deployment scheduling etc. It has a Troop Commander, a Troop NCO who doubles as the MWD Program Manager.
Then 3 teams, each team is attached to one of the Squadrons and goes through the same work up, deployment, recycle schedule as the Squadron they support. This way new Handlers don't have to go through constant Standard Operating Procedure changes and having to work with unfamiliar team mates (this sort of thing can play havoc with the dog).
Each team is made up of 3 Dog Handlers and a Kennel Master. They can deploy individually or as a team. Doctrinally each dog handler is assigned to each of the 4 Troops so it works out to 1 Handler and Dog per Troop. MARSOC has 2 MWD teams (Handler and Dog) per 4 MSOT's.
So it breaks down to;
HQ Cell
Team 1 (attached to A Squadron)
Team 2 (attached to B Squadron)
Team 3 (attached to C Squadron)
Team 4 (Reserve / Float) *
* I'd like to build up to one or two extra 'floater' teams that are held in reserve.
EOD and CBRN are the same and the Signal and Intel guys work the same way.
I had a similar thought process for my Support Squadron:
E Squadron (Support)
EOD
Tripwire (83)
Deep Six (84) (as a Navy EOD)
Lightfoot (88)
Long Arm (93)
Depth Charge (03) (as a Navy EOD)
Dog Handler
Mutt (84)
Law (87)
Wide Scope (03)
Signals Intelligence
Sparks (07)
Heavy Breacher
Blowtorch (84)
Charbroil (88)
Barricade (92)
Originally I had Breaker, Dial-Tone, and Airwave under my "Signals Intelligence" section but after reading what you had to say about Signals Corps and Signals Intelligence (and re-reading all of their filecards) I determined that Sparks was the only one that sounded more along the lines of Signals Intelligence than the rest of them. I went ahead and placed the other characters as Communicators on the various Troops.
(Oh and the numbers after the characters is the year they came out. I try to keep my Joes categorized in Troops and such by the years they came out. Lol).
I have also been thinking of the Forward Observers in my team. I have gone the route Zuludelta went and made characters like Grand-Slam, Thunder and Long Range (v1) as 13F Fire Support Specialists. But as with MWD and EOD I am still on the fence as to whether to make them actual Operators or part of a FO Troop under the Support Squadron.
BTW I like your structure Tyroc. You really think of a lot of the details and such (something I have been trying to do for 2-3 years at least).
john shaft
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