Tactical Mindset Essay

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Sustainment: Tactical Mindset
SFC Refsland
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How is Tactical your MOS?
Sustainment = High Value Target
Combat
Experience

Tactical
Proficiency
Doctrine

Teach, Coach, Mentor

Lessons
Learned

Aggressive or Safe?

Video

O.O.D.A. Loop
OBSERVE

What would you do?

OBSERVE

ORIENT

ORIENT

DECIDE

DECIDE

ACT

ACT

Teach, Coach, Mentor

Expectations for EVERY Convoy
Enemy Contact (Yes, Even CONUS)
Vehicle Disabled or Breakdown
Radio will go down or be ‘jammed’
You will have to CASEVAC or MEDEVAC
Teach, Coach, Mentor

Complex Ambush initiated by IED/Mine
• MPCOA: Harassing direct and indirect
• MDCOA: Disable vehicle with
IED/Mine in order to stop convoy in kill zone. Follow up with
RPG and SAF during recovery. How badly damaged is the vehicle?
• Self Recovery
• Tow
• Flatbed Trailer
Status of casualties?
• Minor
• Serious
• Mass Casualties
Bump plan for disabled vehicle?
• Personnel
• Load
Aid and litter team?
• Type of vehicle
• Location in convoy
Location of recovery assets?
Triggers for special teams?

Teach, Coach, Mentor

• Self Recovery
• Wrecker Support
• Casualties Evacuated

Teach, Coach, Mentor

Mobility
Report

• What happened to Who? Where?
• Sit Rep Updates

Assess

• Vehicle Damage?
• Casualties? Initial Treatment

• Where is the Secondary Ambush?
• No tunnel vision

Security

Priorities after Contact

React to Ambush

ACC

GT

Teach, Coach, Mentor

React to Ambush

ACC

GT

Teach, Coach, Mentor

React to Disabled Vehicle
Disabled
Support

1

4

3

Recovery

2
Security

Tight Rally Point Formation

• Best if all vehicles are up-armored
• Gun Trucks should reposition, rotate or rove every five to ten minutes
Strengths

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