Roy Mini-Milsim First Phase and Padre's blunder....

     Here is the latest Mini-MilSim game that the Airsoft Ikaika Warriors participated in a couple of weekends ago, hosted by The Praetorian Guard, in Roy WA. In the first part of the event, our squad's objective was to set up a position, where, playing the part of the Viet Cong we were to snipe at and "kill" as many of the US Troops that we could, who were going to sweep through the area. As we reached our assigned position, we spread out to a distance of about 20 meters apart so that we would have the best chance of engaging the "enemy." 

     Now one of my pet peeves when setting up any type of ambush is to make sure that you have a clearly planned egress route, (Escape route) so that you can regroup and continue the fight. On this occasion, I had found the perfect hole in the trees and bushes that would keep me hidden and still give me a clear view on three sides. Shortly after settling in, the US Forces came down the trail....(I did not expect that one) and were engaged by two of our squad. I had already taken a pot-shot to distract them as they came close to our squadron leader but when the forward part of our line was taken out, I opened up on the exposed targets at the cost of revealing my location! It was only when I saw that they were pushing forward on my position, that I realized that I had forgotten my own first rule and had boxed myself into the perfect blunder....

Moral of the story...Train, Plan, Execute the Plan as you train!

Padre' out...