The Prepper Broadcasting Network - TGA 2024 Patrols and Patrolling 1

Episode Date: June 27, 2024

Welcome to the Gunmetal Armory. as much anymore. Um, the reason being, uh, well, I mean, I make it back into doing it constantly, you know, every week, uh, in a while, but right now we're looking at, uh, getting ready to move. at getting ready to move. We're trying to get our house fixed up so we can sell it. We're looking at a lot of different options right now and where we want to move, how we want to move, various different things right now. So all that being said, we have a lot on our plate right now. On top of that, a, uh, season where we're growing a lot of stuff, um, in the garden and that, you know, being able to feed my family and take care of my family, take precedence over literally everything. Um, so I just want to let you guys know, I haven't forgotten. I haven't, um, you know, just decided to tap out or anything like that. It's just that some other things take priority over me doing a show. So that being said, I know that, you know, like I don't have the biggest audience on the planet.

So it's no big deal. You know, I will do shows as often as I can. They'll be dropped here and there. And that is that. If you have any questions you can always email me gunmetalarmory at gmail.com feel free um and ask me any questions you want now that being said i figure we can dive into since we're getting closer and closer to um you know the crazy times in november i figure um we could talk a little bit about tactics and techniques and things like that right now.

So what I wanted to talk about today was patrolling. Okay, so in case you guys don't know, patrols are basically a detachment that's sent out by a larger unit to conduct a specific mission. Patrols can be something as simple as walk around the property or the area that you have taken over. Or it could be something much more complex where you are trying to find specific answers to a specific thing. You can send out a patrol that will ambush another group. There's lots of different things that can happen when it comes to patrolling okay so what exactly are we going to be talking about today sorry got a little bit of the allergies are kicking my butt right now it's so windy outside but i was just using it to thresh some grain which is really really nice no wait winnowing some grain i already did the threshing

so uh back to patrols okay patrolling fulfills the infantry's primary function of finding the enemy to either engage the enemy or report their disposition location and actions so patrolling does a lot of things now if you want to look at this from a preparedness standpoint patrolling is going to be kind of like your eyes and ears of a larger unit imagine a uh a point team or a lerp right long range recon patrol right so um or or even a sniper team a modern day sniper team right they're going to be the eyes and ears of that field commander they're going to be like yeah you know we're out here several thousand yards in front of the main company and we're radioing or you know transmitting information back to our, you know, our FOB, right? Forward Operating Base or even behind that, right?

Behind lines, right? Modern Warfare doesn't really have a lot of lines, you know, trenches and all that crap at this moment. But, you know, that is basically that kind of reasoning behind a patrol. Okay. Um, now can a patrol deliver, uh, devastation? Can a patrol kick butt if they need to? Of course they can. Right. Um, there are actively like, you know, patrols and then there are, uh, passive patrols, right? There are some that are set up for defensive use, and there are some that are set up offensively. And there are a lot of different patrol formations, okay? So the term patrolling or conducting a patrol,

basically it's used to refer to a semi-independent operation. Okay. It's going to be conducted. To accomplish whatever that patrol's mission is. Okay. Patrols are always going to require a specific task and purpose. Okay. Now there's always that YouTube channel.

Task and purpose. Blah, blah, blah. Right. That guy's kind of cool, I kind of like his channel every once in a while, but anyways, patrols are always going to require a specific task and purpose, what is the task of the patrol, to gather enemy intel, you know, or what is the task, right, what is the purpose, right, purpose is going to the purpose, right? Purpose is going to be gathering enemy intel. The task is going to be going and finding it, right? Something to that effect, task and purpose, right? Just think about that and it'll come to you, okay?

For example, like a commander may be sent out of patrol from the main body to conduct a specific tactical task with an associated purpose. Upon completion of that task, the patrol leader returns to the main body, reports to the commander, and describes the events that took place. They describe the status of the patrol's members, the equipment, and any observation. Okay? So, what does that tell us it tells us that they are basically trying to gather intelligence okay depending on the patrol depending on the patrol right there's also um if patrols made up of an organic unit such as rifle squad or squad leader right or rather if it's made up of an organic unit like

rifle squad right if you have a rifle squad the rifle squad leader is responsible right that makes sense if patrol is made up of mixed elements from several units officer an officer or an nco is going to be patrol leader now that is a temporary title but that defines their role and their responsibilities for the mission the patrol leader may designate an assistant normally the next senior man in the patrol the next guy in charge right so any subordinate element leaders are going to be the ones that he will require okay a patrol can consist of a unit as small as a fire team squad and platoon size patrols are the norm so sometimes for combat tasks such as a raid a patrol can consist of most of the combat elements of a rifle company unlike operations in which the infantry platoon or

squad is integrated into larger organizations the patrol is semi-independent and relies on itself for security let's think about that for a second you rely on yourself for security why would that be well because it's it's autonomous right it's semi-independent it's you're out there on your own so you can't really rely on the security of a base right your base would normally have way more security but you're not out there you know or they're not out there rather you're out there you've got your team, you've got your guys, and that is all you have. So you need to look at it from that perspective and realize that, okay, what we have with us is what we have with us. Like, I remember reading about how

modern sniper units operate, and they take everything they need with them into the field, including guys, including claymores, including rifles, including grenades, including everything that they are going to need. Right? That's why if you ever look at a sniper going out into the field, you will see a massive backpack on this dude. And I'm like, how on earth do you carry all that? Dude, that's so much, man. But they do. Okay? Because that's all the stuff they're gonna need so something to consider there um next thing the purpose of patrolling right what's the

freaking purpose why do they do this okay well there's apparently there's several specific reasons why you would have a patrol and there's a lot of purposes that can be accomplished by patrolling. information or um a basic layout of the terrain or gathering additional information on the populace what kind of population you're dealing with what weapons do they have how many are there right you're getting into like met tc kind of sort of you know mission enemy time tactics blah blah blah um terrain so on and so forth so um you can also uh another specific purpose could be regaining contact with the enemy or regaining contact with adjacent friendly forces, right? So if you were out there kicking butt and you got separated from your main force, you might want to regain contact with that main force so you don't actually get yourself clacked, right? You definitely don't want to do that, okay? Now, oh, well, I mean, I guess there's other ones too, right?

Protecting key infrastructure or bases or your own patrol team, right? Or your own team, right? Providing unit security. Just talking about that. Deterring or disrupting insurgent or criminal activity. That would be in a martial law type situation. You know, kind of like how they were doing in Iraq for a really long time. They had our guys over there patrolling

and moving around and doing their thing. And so on. Okay? Another thing, martial law, right? Preventing public disorder. Reassuring or gaining the trust of a local populace. Or, you know, engaging in combat. Right? Engaging in combat with the enemy. Destroy the or, you know, engaging in combat, right?

Engaging in combat with the enemy. Destroy the enemy, inflict losses, whatever it happens to be. So, there are various types of patrols. Various types of teams, I guess, that you could call it out there. There's combat and recon patrols. There's different ways to organize the controls. There are...

Wait, did I say controls or patrols? I don't remember. You've got headquarters elements. You've got air and litter teams you've got um prisoner of war detainee teams right you've got support teams assault teams uh guys that do navigation uh you've got surveillance teams breach and teams. You've got all kinds of different patrols and various different elements that work within various different size units. So the planning and the coordination of patrols is a big deal and how they're going to operate in any given area that's not something to be taken lightly um there are multiple different items that can be coordinated between

a leader and a battalion staff or a company commander uh let's say changes or updates in the enemy where are they uh what weaponry do they have uh is there more of them did they meet up with another enemy battalion or group right um light weather data right like the sunlight moonlight all that stuff is very important best use of terrain rally points patrol bases changes in friendly situation. What if you have soldiers in your group, in your patrol, or in your unit, your overall unit, that have a specific skill set or equipment with them, such as, let's say, a bomb-sniffing dog or tracker dogs, right? Interpreters, engineers, sniper teams, all kinds of different possible options there, okay?

You need to know that about your team. Who all is in that unit and what can they do? What capabilities do you have, okay? You also need to know about landing zones, right? What if you get somebody injured? You're going to need to know about landing zones right what if you get somebody injured you're going to need to know about that stuff okay um let's say you know going in or coming out of friendly lines at ford operating base right uh what about signal plan you know are you going to use a challenge word are you going to use uh flares are you going to use a challenge word? Are you going to use flares? Are you going to use radio? Are you going to use satellite? What is the signaling plan, right? Transportation, ammunition requirements, equipment requirements. There's a lot of things to think about. What about fire support, guys? I mean, there's a lot of stuff here. I mean, there's a lot of stuff here.

Speaking of challenge lines or challenge words, right? You guys know what challenge words are, right? So an interesting example would be like back in World War II, they would use famous movie stars sometimes. Sometimes they would use sports metaphors that only americans would know um like for example let's say they're talking about baseball and one of our soldiers challenge words he yells out um i don't know let's say um big hit right and one of the other guys goes, first base. Or he's like, home run. And the other guy's like, on base. Or umpire strike you out. Or strike, and the other guy goes out.

You know what I mean? Like, it had to do with the same thing. Or somebody would yell football, and the other guy would yell touchdown, right? It's just one of those things that, certain things in sports that only Americans would know about back then. Or they might say a movie star's name, like, I don't know, I can't think of any movie star's names from back then. But heck, they might even yell something like, ow, and the other guy yells

back Capone, you know. But it's just a stupid example. I don't think they actually did that. But yeah, you know, it kind of gives you an option or kind of gives you a thought of what it is right now. Let's say you have an entire unit, you know, let's think about preparedness, right? You have your, your tribe, your team of guys, and there's stuff that only you guys know about inside jokes. Let's say the area that you're operating in, only you guys understand that area. Let's say there's a river in that area called, you know, John's Bluff or something like that, or, you know, Blood River or something. I don't know. Something like that, right? And you guys say, you know, your challenge is, the challenge

word is blood, and the return word is river, right? So, you know, you got guys walking up to you at night and you're not sure who they are and they do the challenge where they're like blood and the other guy goes back river, you know, so they're able to make sure it's the right people. Now, if it's not the right word that comes back, sometimes that can be because somebody gets nervous. But sometimes that can be because that ain't your guy. That ain't your team. Those ain't your peeps. So a challenge in password, it must not be used when the patrol is outside friendly lines. The unit's tactical SOP should state the procedure for establishing a patrol challenge

and password as well as the other combat identified identification features and patrol markings okay you must think about that you must also plan to address actions upon enemy contact. What's going to happen? What are your ROEs? Okay. Which are rules of engagement. What are they? Do we only fire until fired upon? Right.

You only shoot if someone shoots at you. So on and so forth. Okay. All these things come into play. All right. I hope all this stuff was important to you guys. I hope this stuff was useful to you guys i hope this stuff was useful to you guys um think about this stuff okay it may get more and more likely that you and your tribe

are going to have to know how all these things make sense you're going to have to know how to patrol you're going to have to know how to protect your tribe, how to protect your area, whatever property it is, whatever house you're in, whatever group you're with. You're going to need to know how to protect them. So be thinking about this stuff, guys. Be thinking about the patrols you might send out around your property. Be thinking about the guys that are going to protect property while you're gone. Be thinking about convoys. Be thinking about the guys that are going to protect property while you're gone. Be thinking about convoys.

Be thinking about medical evac. Be thinking about a medical team back at your Alamo or whatever you want to call it, right? Be thinking about all these things, guys, now. Okay? I'd advise you to be thinking about these things now. I'd advise you to be thinking about these things now the other thing that I'd like to say is I have been for those of you guys that don't know

I'm a Christian okay I believe that Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior I believe that he died on the cross for my sins and I believe he rose again on the third day okay if you have a problem with that if you don't like that kind of stuff you don't like you know people who are christian or whatever

i understand you can feel free to uh not listen you can feel free to not listen to my podcast anymore i totally get it okay um for those of you guys that do uh understand this ever do want to know more about this stuff um I am going to be doing a little bit more about the Bible, a little bit more about Christianity, a little bit more about what it means to be saved. And it won't be like a gigantic long thing. I'm no pastor, right? But some of the stuff that, you know, kind of pushed me toward being like, man, you know, my faith is confirmed, right? Scientific facts that are in the Bible kind of blow my mind, okay, compared to what they knew back then, okay? Because keep in mind, the Bible was actually written 2,000 to 3,000 years ago, okay?

You got the Old Testament, you got the New Testament. So this is a long, long, long time ago. Now, let's think about this one. In the Bible, in Job 28.25, it says, Air has weight. It talks about air having weight. Well, back in the day, they thought air was weightless. Okay? Well, back in the day, they thought air was weightless.

In Leviticus 15.13, they talked about when dealing with disease, hands should be washed under running water. Back in the day, they washed their hands in still water. Think about when you watch those old westerns, you see them washed their hands in still water. Think about when you watch those old westerns. You see them wash their hands in still water. If you look at the movie Gladiator with Russell Crowe. That's a South Park joke. With Russell Crowe, you see them wash their hands. There's a bunch of herbs and stuff in there.

But you see them wash their hands with still water again. Okay? What about water again. Okay? What about Job 38.16 saying the ocean contains underwater springs? What about that? Well, we know now that the ocean does contain springs. But back then, they thought that oceans were only fed by rivers and rain. That is not true. Okay? This is all stuff that's in the bible what about the earth being a sphere back in the day they thought earth was flat everybody there's still people that think the earth is flat even though they got pictures from freaking nasa

okay the bible said it in isaiah 22, that the earth is a sphere. Okay? In Jeremiah 33, 22, it talks about there being an incalculable number of stars. Alright? Back in the day, you know, 2,000, 3,000 years ago, they thought there was only 1,100 stars. You know, they thought, you know, about 1 know about 1100 of them right but the bible knew that there were incalculable stars now there was a point where you know at some point they started polishing lenses and putting them in these big long tubes and looking up in the stars aka a telescope okay and they looked up there and they realized that every

star there was many many many more stars behind that but the only ones that were visible to the human eye was a certain number of them okay so as that technology got better and better and better they realized that some of those stars they were seeing up there were actually a galaxy. Okay? And then, as the technology got better than that, they realized that those galaxies, there was multiple galaxies within those galaxies. And if you know how big the Milky Way galaxy is, it's pretty big. You know how big the Milky Way galaxy is. That's pretty big.

That's a lot of galaxies out there with a lot of room, with a lot of planets, and a lot of stars. Okay? Give that some thought. Alright? That's pretty freaking crazy to think about. Okay? What about 1 Corinthians 15.41? Talking about each star being different.

Well, back in the day, they thought all stars were the same. Because they couldn't see them, right? They didn't know. Okay. In Job 38.19 and 20, they talk about light moving. Light moving. Well, back in the day day they thought light was fixed in place right that guys all this stuff is crazy dude the fact that like people don't see this okay um what about job 26 7 The free float of earth and space. They thought earth sat on a large animal back in the day.

I think the Romans thought it was on a gigantic turtle or something. If I remember correctly. Another thing they talk about in Hebrews 11.3. Creation being made of invisible elements. Back then, science was mostly ignorant on the subject subject they didn't know what creation was made up they didn't know what atoms were molecules were they didn't know about any of that stuff we do now right what about winds blowing in cyclones in ecclesiastes 1 6 they thought wind only blew straight they didn't understand what cyclones were okay and then blood being the source of life and health they thought sick people must be bled

remember back in the day they had ways to bleed people well they know better now right and then oceans floor ocean floors containing deep valleys and mountains. 2 Samuel 22.16 and Jonah 2.6. They all thought the ocean floor was flat. Guys, there's so much in the Bible that just can't be accounted for any other way than it being written by a creator who ever created the earth. Can't be accounted for any other way. Than it being written by a creator.

Whoever created the earth. There's too much knowledge in there guys. Okay. I'm going to leave it at that. We'll talk more about it later. Okay. But I do. Want to say one more thing.

I don't know. I don't know who needs to hear this. Okay. Whoever needs to hear this. Okay. Whoever needs to hear this. Listen up. Stop running. Okay. Stop running from Jesus.

Just accept him. Stop pretending like he's not real. Stop pretending like God's not a real thing. Stop pretending like this is Mother Earth, Gaia, and all that crap. Jesus is real. God is real. Jesus loves you.

And they want you to come home. Okay? One of these days we'll try to explain the Trinity to you. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Okay? But, I don't know who needed to hear that okay but jesus loves you and he wants you to come back home okay all right guys that's gonna do it for me i appreciate each and every one of you y'all have a wonderful wonderful day god bless each and every one of you. Take care, everybody. Thank you for joining us.

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