04-10-2014, 08:33 PM
cory Wrote:That's ideally how it works. You have a Forward Observer attached to the lead element calling for fire and directing the Mortars and Artillery onto the target.
Yeah, but that only works if the FO can actually get someone to pull the trigger on the mortars and artillery!
From all too many circumstances in Iraq and 'stan, that gets into override by "plug and play" REMF's who make decisions based on ROE's that don't reflect what is happening RIGHT NOW on the battlefield.
You seek escape from pain. We seek the achievement of happiness. You exist for the sake of avoiding punishment. We exist for the sake of earning rewards. Threats will not make us function; fear is not our incentive. It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live. - John Galt