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06-07-2009, 08:20 PM
zuludelta
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Zulu, sounds like a modified Ranger Company with Delta Force like qualities. But where's your Recon Detachment/Platoon? I don't think I saw one.
Well, it is based partially on the 75th RR's company structure. And that's also why I don't have a dedicated recon platoon (the recon platoon is a battalion-level asset). Come on, you dont think I actually missed a big detail like that did you
? Below the battalion level, reconnaissance duties in a ranger company are simply assigned to select rifle platoon members or to the company's snipers as needed.
Having a dedicated recon platoon would only thin out the already limited pool of resources and dilute the focus of the organization further which is, for my version of GI Joe, expeditionary counterterrorism & armed interdiction. I don't want to fall into the trap of making GI Joe a do-everything team. This could lead to a very scattered force structure with no immedaately defined sense of purpose and unmanageable and impossibly disparate logistics needs. My take on the Joe team is that it's versatile and diverse in its manpower make-up, but only within the context of high-risk, high-mobility direct counterterrorism engagement and interdiction. Stuff that falls outside of those operational parameters, like dedicated long-range reconnaissance or full-spectrum intelligence operations, JSOC has other units that are better equipped and better staffed for those puposes.
The naming conventions for some of the positions might be roughly based on the 75th RR and the standard SBCT company TOE, but in terms of functionality, I'd like think that my version of GI Joe has more in common with MEU(SOC)'s Maritime Special Purpose Force. It's something between a large company and a small battalion in size, and it's the only direct action unit AFAIK with its own limted organic aviation elements. IMO, the MSPF provides the best real-world analogue for the Joe team, because no other DoD-approved unit structure smaller than a full regiment allows for aviation and ground combat elements to be under the control of one field-grade commander (a colonel, in GI Joe's case).
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