Zack Willey I’m currently at EBOLC right now. I have quite a few issues with OPORDs. Is there a way I could message or email you directly for any specific questions every now and then? I have a hard time understanding a few things. OPORD really is my weakest area
@@brazenbull5501 Essayons! Always good to hear from a fellow engineer officer. Send me a message on my facebook page and we can go from there: facebook.com/ArmyFlashcards
Hold on a sec Sir one question, within a question: In the Movie "Gettysburg" one of Buford's commanders described the terrain in front of him as "Beautiful country" to fight on. How do we identify or describe the same today?
Awwww yea, I love that part! Terrain is seriously one of my favorite things, everywhere I go I'm constantly looking at it and thinking "Dang, that would be a great spot to ambush someone," or "dang, I'd hate to have to defend that terrain." In Buford's commanders case, it takes many years of deep terrain analysis to be able to eyeball it like that. But for those with less experience, the process I describe in this video is exactly how you go about doing the same today. So I know this video is hard to visualize, but terrain analysis is a very physical, actionable process. When I have some time I want to do a video where I actually show how you go through the OAKOC process with a map marker and map, but if you try to follow the steps I outline in this video, your final graphic will really paint a picture for you as to what the terrain is doing and the effect it will have on you and the enemy.
@@ZackWilley_ArmyFlashcards Strangely enough my comment stemmed from two cases of ignorance: First, having gone through the Fort Knox school for wayward Scouts I was still amazed (at the time) that the "high ground" in the age of ground attack aircraft was important (they weren't hiring the best warm bodies back in 1980). Second, while attending a squadron briefing in Fulda one of our almost new 2nd LTs had to do a terrain analysis of the Gap, where he stated that the upland terrain favored the Attacker. Confusing since we were suppose to hold that area for 84 hours. However, if you flip the issue it could also have meant that instead of defending, we could be the aggressors against the Soviets. 😎 (ALLONS!)
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Zack Willey I’m currently at EBOLC right now. I have quite a few issues with OPORDs. Is there a way I could message or email you directly for any specific questions every now and then? I have a hard time understanding a few things. OPORD really is my weakest area
@@brazenbull5501 Essayons! Always good to hear from a fellow engineer officer.
Send me a message on my facebook page and we can go from there: facebook.com/ArmyFlashcards
Hold on a sec Sir one question, within a question: In the Movie "Gettysburg" one of Buford's commanders described the terrain in front of him as "Beautiful country" to fight on. How do we identify or describe the same today?
Awwww yea, I love that part! Terrain is seriously one of my favorite things, everywhere I go I'm constantly looking at it and thinking "Dang, that would be a great spot to ambush someone," or "dang, I'd hate to have to defend that terrain." In Buford's commanders case, it takes many years of deep terrain analysis to be able to eyeball it like that.
But for those with less experience, the process I describe in this video is exactly how you go about doing the same today. So I know this video is hard to visualize, but terrain analysis is a very physical, actionable process. When I have some time I want to do a video where I actually show how you go through the OAKOC process with a map marker and map, but if you try to follow the steps I outline in this video, your final graphic will really paint a picture for you as to what the terrain is doing and the effect it will have on you and the enemy.
@@ZackWilley_ArmyFlashcards Strangely enough my comment stemmed from two cases of ignorance: First, having gone through the Fort Knox school for wayward Scouts I was still amazed (at the time) that the "high ground" in the age of ground attack aircraft was important (they weren't hiring the best warm bodies back in 1980). Second, while attending a squadron briefing in Fulda one of our almost new 2nd LTs had to do a terrain analysis of the Gap, where he stated that the upland terrain favored the Attacker. Confusing since we were suppose to hold that area for 84 hours. However, if you flip the issue it could also have meant that instead of defending, we could be the aggressors against the Soviets. 😎 (ALLONS!)