Jack stared at Ned, and then he looked around at the shocked faces of his command team.
“Ok Ned, you did a good job finding that. Let’s get what you can recover of the report summarized, and then get me Federation command on the satellite radio. We need to pass this up.”
“Will do.” Ned headed out.
“Oh yea, and let’s see if we can get an update on the Federation advance?” Jack called as Ned turned back in the door. Ned nodded and walked out.
Jack walked over and looked out of the shattered windows of the Oval Office, over the south lawn as the dawn lightened the sky. He thought of Caitlin and the kids, and wondered how this situation was going to pan out.
Above him atop the White House flew Old Glory, fluttering in the dawn breeze. Just below, where Jim had strung it up, was the yellow Gadsden flag, the coiled snake with the words “Don’t Tread On Me’ inscribed below.
Now we wait.
Glossary of Abbreviations
A-10 — Close Air Support Aircraft ‘Tank Buster’
AAR — After Action Review
AC-130 — Gun Ship/see C-130
AFV — Armored Fighting Vehicle
AH — Attack Helicopter
AK — 7.62 x 39mm semi-automatic rifle
Apache — Attack Helicopter
APC — Armored Personnel Carrier
AR-15 — .223 semi-automatic rifle
ARF — Airborne Reaction Force
AT-4 — Anti-Tank Rocket
Barrett .50 — .50 caliber sniper rifle
C-130 — Transport Aircraft
CAT — Combat Application Tourniquet
CH-47 — Large Transport Helicopter — CH-47
Chinook — Large Transport Helicopter — Chinook
Claymore — Anti-Personnel Mine, directional
Company — 90-120 men, 3-4 Platoons + HQ
COP — Combat Out Post
DZ — Drop Zone
ECP — Entry Control Point
EFP — Explosively Formed Penetrator
EOD — Explosive Ordnance Disposal
ERV — Emergency Rendezvous
FLIR — Forward Looking Infra-Red — TI
FOB — Forward Operating Base
HEAT — High Explosive Anti-Tank — Tank Round
Hercules — Transport Aircraft
HESCO — Fortification Bastion
HESH — High Explosive Squash Head — Tank Round
HQ — Headquarters
IED — Improvised Explosive Device
IFAK — Individual First Aid Kit
IR — Infra-Red
KIA — Killed in Action
LMTV — Light Medium Tactical Vehicle — Army Truck
Lt-Col — Lieutenant Colonel
LZ — Landing Zone
M203 — 40mm under slung grenade launcher
M4 — 5.56mm semi-auto/auto rifle
MANPAD — Shoulder fired anti-aircraft missile
MBT — Main Battle Tank
MFC — Mortar Fire Controller
MIA — Missing in Action
MRAP — Mine Resistant Ambush Protected — Vehicle
NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NOD — Night Observation Device
NVG — Night Vision Goggles
OP — Observation Post
Op Order — Operations Order
OPSEC — Operational Security
ORP — Objective Rally Point
Platoon — Approx. thirty men, 3 Squads plus HQ
QRF — Quick Reaction Force
RPG — Rocket Propelled Grenade
RTOC — Regional Tactical Operations Center
RV — Rendezvous
SAM — Surface to Air Missile
SAW — Squad Automatic Weapon
SF Role — Sustained Fire Role
SITREP — Situation Report
SMAW-D — Bunker Busting Rocket
SOF — Special Operations Forces
Squad — Approx. 8 or 9 Men, 2 x Teams of 4
UAV — Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Drone)
VSI — Very Seriously Injured
TI — Thermal Imaging
TOC — Tactical Operations Center
.50cal — .50 caliber machine-gun
240 — 7.62 x 51mm machine-gun
Contact! A Tactical Manual for Post Collapse Survival
This manual is the result of a detailed consideration of a societal collapse and the civil shift and aftermath that would impact individuals and families who are intent on survival.
The purpose of this manual is to provide information to enhance security, tactics and survival skills of law-abiding citizens who are faced with civil disorder, lawlessness, violence and physical threat in a post-collapse environment.
The information in this manual is derived from years of experience gained from service with special operations forces (SOF) followed by years of employment as a security contractor in hostile environments including Iraq and Afghanistan. It is a distillation of military and security training, principles, and tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) adapted to the threat and environment anticipated in this type of scenario in order to provide knowledge needed to train to survive in a world turned upside down. It is no longer just survival of the fittest but survival of those prepared.
The manual will take you from self-defense as an individual, team and family, both pre and post collapse, and move on to tactics, techniques, procedures and training that can be used by tactical teams that you may need to form in order to survive. In a serious post-event scenario, one of total collapse with several months or years before recovery, families, groups and communities may be forced to create such tactical defense forces to protect personnel, loved ones and resources against marauders.
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Rapid Fire! Tactics for High Threat, Protection and Combat Operations
The purpose of this manual is to provide information to enhance tactics and protection skills for those operating in high threat, protection and combat environments.
This includes the operations of the following, by no means exclusive list: special operations forces (SOF), specialized military teams, security escort teams, high threat protection agents, tactical law enforcement and SWAT teams, paramilitary law enforcement teams, and also civilians intent on improving their tactical skills and knowledge.
The information in this manual is derived from years of experience gained from training and operational service with SOF followed by years of employment as a security contractor in hostile environments including Iraq and Afghanistan.
It is a distillation of military and security training, principles, and tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) adapted to the threat and environment anticipated in this type of scenario in order to provide knowledge needed to train tactical teams to operate effectively in high threat and combat environments.
By Max Velocity — Available on Amazon
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