I don't know if my perception is skewed by what I read, but it seems to me that a lot of people in the Liberty movement believe that conducting light infantry style operations will be something that comes naturally. I think that this is a dangerous and foolish notion on both a tactical and strategic level. Scotland would be free if Scots could work together beyond the clan level.
In Ranger School you really only do three missions. Recon an objective, conduct a Raid on an objective, conduct an Ambush along a line of communication (which means road or trail).
That is it.
But you will do a Recon as a leader, as a rifleman, as a grenadier, as a SAW gunner, as a machine gunner pulling security. You will do a raid as a Platoon leader, squad leader, platoon sergeant, team leader, RTO and Medic. You will do an ambush and learn every damn job in the platoon until you can do it when you are so tired you have auditory and visual hallucinations.
Don't get the wrong impression, there are a thousand things that can go wrong conducting the basics, and a gajillion different variations on the themes (do your air assault in or use a zodiac? or both?) but what it boiled down to is simply conduct a recon, raid, or ambush.
Here is what a raid looked like if whittled down to the absolute minimum.
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