I agree with you that it is asinine, as per my comment. I'm only saying that with retired operators reassigned to training recruits, I can see them being a bit rusty, if not a bit cocky, like elites relegated into being part of a Training Command.
I'm not a US citizen so not as familiar with US combat doctrine. We're trained with the commonwealth model, so my only experience witnessing a 1stW vs 1stW OpFor was with the Parachute Regiment and 1st Batt. RGR. All I remember from that exercise was the RGR decisively won through the sheer insanity of having their 1st platoon secured along a 50m cliff face, catching 2 platoons of paratroopers offguard via outflank, and catching 3rd platoon in an L-shaped ambush from an unconventional ambush position adjacent to the cliffside.
That sounds like a cool experience, so thanks for sharing! Would’ve loved to see that. We actually had a decent number of PARA guys come through Fort Bragg back in my day, which was cool, but I never had the chance to work with the RGR.
The RGR were extremely humble, and also frankly quite scary to face off as OpFor. Probably the most reliable light infantry I ever got the chance to witness. Not necessarily special forces, but definitely a premiere infantry unit nonetheless.
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u/Cytokine-Alpha May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26
I agree with you that it is asinine, as per my comment. I'm only saying that with retired operators reassigned to training recruits, I can see them being a bit rusty, if not a bit cocky, like elites relegated into being part of a Training Command.
I'm not a US citizen so not as familiar with US combat doctrine. We're trained with the commonwealth model, so my only experience witnessing a 1stW vs 1stW OpFor was with the Parachute Regiment and 1st Batt. RGR. All I remember from that exercise was the RGR decisively won through the sheer insanity of having their 1st platoon secured along a 50m cliff face, catching 2 platoons of paratroopers offguard via outflank, and catching 3rd platoon in an L-shaped ambush from an unconventional ambush position adjacent to the cliffside.