A word from commander
Добавлено: 30 июн 2014, 16:06
To all rangers,
I just want to thank each and every one of you for your outstanding effort of the 3 days of the event.
We had some tough missions given to us, and Berget was expecting very little success from the Ranger group, but we achieved both of our primary objectives and many secondary objectives for good measure.
Infact, I have been informed that the opening bridge objective was one, if not the hardest mission Berget has ever giving to a team, in terms of terrain, and difficulty of the mission. When I first heard about the mission I honestly thought it was near impossible, but we achieved it and that was because of you guys. So bloody well done.
Nor did I expect to take Rico alive with him protected by 300 ravens. Again, I have been informed that the closing mission was not rigged in anyway. The details of Ricos route to provided by intelligence operatives working with the Raven base, and we literally had only hours to put the plans in to action.
I think they could have had a security force twice as big as what they had and they still would not of walked out of that ambush.
It was unfortunate that I did not have a 2ic and that made my role considerably harder. We had to make some comprises about the level of milsim we used because I think some of us was not equipped for hardcore milsim.
There are many issues that I would want to address if I was to command again, such as having a smaller force and treating it all much closer to the way a real steal unit would operate. Such as the use of bashas only, and not allowing tents. To have a predefined base layout so all the bashas made up the perimeter with command in the middle. Having stag throughout the 24 hours of the day, and more pro-longed operations behind enemy lines.
I would want to see if we can get hold of high powered radios for the unit and to make sure all commanders could reach each other with a mobile phone as a backup.
The list goes on…..
However, this should not take away that fact that we did all club together and we worked well under the cirumstances we found ourselves in, and I think we did the GCT ranger unit proud. I personally am very proud of what we achieved.
I will endeavour to produce an after action report, but first I need to recover )
I personally want to thank Nigel, Jerry and Rob from Rubber Duckies for supporting my role throughout the week. Nast from Echo Two for assisting with the ranger command role for a while when I had to bug out. I don't want to single out any teams on performance, but there was some teams that when above and beyond the call of duty I think you already know who you are. But it's safe to say that not one of the commanders let the Rangers down and you all did an outstanding job.
Thank you again, it was a pleasure playing alongside all of you, and I look forward to seeing you at a Berget event in the future.
Regards,
Ian Wermerling
GCT Ranger Command