That's awesome. Sounds like you've got a solid foundation with tactics. I wish you well in your endeavors. I've had this conversation with a lot of people over the past several years. it's always fascinating to hear other people's thought process and procedure. All I can do is add my two cents and maybe a different point of view with different experiences. I especially find it neat to hear from retired mil guys from before I was born to soak up things from today and add it to their personal doctrine. I would encourage you to update this thread later on down the road if you go down this rabbit hole further and let us know what you've changed and learned. Good luck!My training is 23 years in the Air Force (retired in 1992) with quite a few trips to the bush in Vietnam. I was an intel collector and was never supposed to be involved in the front line but there were a few trips to the forward to collect low power radio communications. The last time I was out I had collected and was in the process of decrypting the message that they were coming now so had very little time to get the word out. I had an M16 and 1 20 round magazine and was told to destroy my gear and classified materials. Naturally that didn't take long and I went out and they were coming and not being combat hardened I really added to the clusterf***. Anyway, empty rifle and the knife fight ensued. I won that one but it was close.
I didn't volunteer to go out to bushes after that.