patrick waite

…When people cannot immediately input their ideas because they have to wait for someone else to describe theirs, they often end up judging or editing them, or even forgetting them altogether. Even when people do get…

…Inventory Storage and maintenance of completed IEDs while waiting for orders to ingress and emplace. Manufacture Bombmakers take raw materials from storage and construct the desired type of IED and deliver it to the inventory node…

…Commanders should not wait too long to transition from defensive operations to offensive operations as an enemy force approaches its culminating point. Enemy forces will be dispersed, extended in depth, and weakened. At that time, any…

…Piecemeal commitment is the immediate employment of units in combat as they become available instead of waiting for larger aggregations of units to ensure mass, or the unsynchronized employment of available forces so that their combat…

…With the maintenance hole cover removed, the squad waits 15 minutes before entry to allow any gases that may be present to dissipate. The point person then descends into the tunnel to determine whether the air…

…A defending force does not wait passively to be attacked. A defending force aggressively seeks ways of attriting and weakening enemy forces before close combat begins. A defending force maneuvers to place enemy forces in a…

…guard against every perceived threat. An unrealistic expectation of avoiding all risk is detrimental to mission accomplishment. Waiting for perfect intelligence and synchronization increases risk or closes a window of opportunity. Successful operations require commanders and…

…3-18 ) *piecemeal commitment The immediate employment of units in combat as they become available instead of waiting for larger aggregations of units to ensure mass, or the unsynchronized employment of available forces so that their…

…In this situation, Shooter Number One would enter the room through a mousehole after throwing a grenade and waiting for the detonation. b. Shooter Number One will position himself/herself inside the room to the left…

…Before leaving the room and rejoining the covering team, the clearing team yells, “COMING OUT” and waits to hear the covering team yell, “ALL CLEAR.” The clearing team then executes its movement out of the room…

…Many times during execution, it is not possible to wait on ISR verification of strike results without inordinately delaying higher-level assessments. EDA is the technique of using existing munitions effectiveness or other data to estimate…

…Obviously, it is impossible to have a plan for every conceivable contingency, but waiting to conduct target development until a contingency develops will put planners at a huge disadvantage. Targeteers must utilize existing IPB products to…

…However, OA may not be able to wait on a complete TA picture before delivering “actionable” advice to commanders. OA measures are qualitative, and while they build upon what objective data is available, they sometimes entail…

…target servicing—taking a target list determined by someone else, matching available resources to those targets, and waiting blindly for subsequent guidance, which usually devolves into simple attrition. Integrating targeting within these overarching processes enables an…