Mam tylko sugestie co do przemieszczania się oddziału, ponieważ wczoraj zauważyłem, że niektórzy członkowie kolumny mieli uwagę zwrócona w sektor, który nie powinnien ich dotyczyć, także pozwólcie, ze pokaże Wam na obrazku z manuala, gdzie konkretny element oddziału powinien mieć skierowana uwagę i przy tym pole rażenia.
Pokazuje to głównie dlatego, ponieważ wczoraj przy postoju 2-ch oddziałów przy odosobnionym budynku nagle pojawił się wróg, którego zdjęła Alfa, a de facto szpica Bravo była najbliżej tego punku i my powinniśmy to zrobić.
Nie mam czasu tłumaczyć, także zacytuje manual:
Sectors of Responsibility
Every Marine moving in a column has a particular sector for whose security he is
responsible. The pointmen are responsible for security to the direct front and for pieing off windows and doorways.
They are also responsible for staying in line with one another.
The Marines immediately behind the pointmen are designated as the covermen. They
are responsible for providing guidance to their respective pointmen from the leader of
the unit and for covering the 45-degree oblique angle across from one another. The
second coverman is also responsible for covering the direct front when the pointman is
pieing and checking for the enemy. The third and fourth covermen in the column are
responsible for the far-side flank security; one covers the upper level and one covers
the lower level building windows, doors, and stairwells. Marines will alternate
providing security on upper level and lower level windows, doors, and stairwells. The
fourth Marine also provides rear security if he is the last man in the column or
interlocks his sector of fire with that of the lead Marine in the next fire team in the
Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain A - 57 column.
Should the second coverman have to take the point while the pointman pies a
window or door, the third coverman would automatically shift his sector of fire to the
45-degree oblique angle. If the second coverman has to assist the pointman in pieing a
large opening, the third coverman would provide security to the direct front while the
fourth coverman would take the 45-degree oblique angle. Marines following in the
column would adjust their sectors of fire accordingly.
The two columns provide mutual support for each other and the greatest all-around
security.
Teamwork and coordination between the two columns are vital.
Źródło: Operational Handbook (OH) 8-7, Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain (MOUT), dated
November 1980.