Bulldog, my man. Bulldog.
Which, I'm planning to run MOUT training soon. I'm intending to do a combination of tape-house training, live-fire entry, exit, and transition exercises, as well as general MOUT assault. It's based on what most of NTA learned from Sgt. Mike Ramsey a few years back when he was with TFR and had just been a MOUT instructor at Camp Lejeune before coming back to Texas in the Reserves. More to come later.
About Smithy's vid:
The shoulder-jump entry was nice.
The actual building entry had some fieldcraft issues.
- Since they're trying to enter without being noticed, the last thing they need to do is suppress the building's windows. Smart. However, the last thing they need to do as they approach quietly is to go past the window and within view of said window. Either stay out of the window, suppress into it, or find another approach. Same issue with crossing doorways that aren't being attacked into or suppressed. That's a great way to give up the initiative or get killed.
- I'm glad they covered the entry team's back during the entry. Very nice, but they have to stay consistent with that.
- They crowded that T-shaped hallway AND committed to it with a ton of people. I'd say go neck-to-balls with two people to check the hallway, then move into it with the rest of the assault group.
- They didn't clear each room as they approached. Bad move, major mistake. Again, great way to give up the initiative and get people killed.
- When they did the room breach, 1-man didn't choose a side to move to. It looks like he attacked forward, leaving both his left and right vulnerable. The 2-man brought his weapon into the air, and didn't check either the left or right that the 1-man didn't clear off.
I know this was staged, and it was smart to have a sniper out for cover, but this had a long, long string of foul-ups. Some of that stuff is forgivable if you're attacking that building with a small group, but they've got enough to be neater than that.