Looking back to our basic training so far we can establish that our duty is to defend ourselves, our team mates, civilians and then attempt to prevent harm to suspects.
How you move in transit, into a hostile confrontation or how you move around inside a security bubble becomes part of the equation when we think line of fire, stable firing positions i.e. aimed rounds at the target and exposure to hostile fire.
An Officer will walk but never run (sorry Sting, bastardised quote from An Englishman in New York)
This section develops the concept further and provides guides on how you can maintain your end of the team bargain. Although not strictly true, on occasions running outweighs the benefit of walking, generally Officers walk and don't run. The validity of walking as apposed to running should be obvious to an intelligent ARU Officer, but we shall digress into the topic for confirmation.
Back to our duty of defending ourselves, team mate etc etc Unless you can return effective conclusive fire from a stable, sustainable firing position whilst moving or static you are not an effective team member.
Thou shalt not pop a cap in the back of my mates head
So we come on to our first real Drill, the Off-set Drill.
When moving as a team we need a requirement to be predictable in our movements to fellow ARU Officers, especially when the rounds are flying. Off-set is a standardised movement in which Officers can predictably assume line of fire clearance to target. Off-set can be used for many contact Drills and forms a core Drill.
Descriptive: All Officers shall maintain a clearance of a minimum of shoulder width (one virtual Officer) to the off-side of the preceding officer. Off-side is defined as the side to which the formation of Officers from front to rear is fanning out too (confused? Lets have a diagram).
Any Officer requiring to go "off target" shall advertise this fact to fellow officers by stepping into Near-side with voice confirmation of the Drill he is about to conduct...
Example STOPPAGE drill (post to follow) Officer: (steps into near side) "STOPPAGE" .
Officers must instantly go "weapons safe" on Near-side, i.e. do not engage targets with fire-arms.
To reclaim his position an Officer must (in order) call "MINE" and then step back into position to engage the target area.
Off-set covers many line of sight (LOS) issues and is used within other drills, for example fire avoidance (avoiding hostile fire) or Stoppage drills (magazine change) where the Officer ALWAYS steps to the NEAR SIDE. Near-side is a no fire zone, Officers should not fire whilst "near-side" (part of fire control Drills in a following post).
Near-side in conclusion is the "working" area for Stoppages, TACAID set-up etc If an Officer steps into Near-side you understand that 1. His likely to be "guns down" or "off target" 2. You may have Added targeting loads or 3. He is avoiding hostile LOS and you should be aware.
Conclusion Off-Set Drill: Off-side fire and Near Side dont fire EVER.
When we do run
The only official time an ARU Officer runs is initial entry off the stage area, following a TACAID in for example. This "running" is only to get in and clear the bottleneck (door) as quickly as possible to allow following Officers to gain entry. This Drill will follow later, but essentially once clear of the bottleneck we drop back into walking for strong stable firing positions.
Movement conclusion
Basic Tenant yet again, remember every Officer has the right to defend him/her self with a fire arm. This right means that an Officer who feels justified to use a fire arm WILL, you cannot assume that the fellow Officer 1. knows your position 2. knows your intentions 3. will hold fire
Within the basic tenant you must fulfill your duty to defend, you must provide a stable firing position to defend at all times. You will find on many occasions Officers will reach the same conclusion at the same time and engage a target simultaneously, you must not impeded that decision.
Near-side in conclusion is the "working" area for Stoppages, TACAID set-up etc If an Officer steps into Near-side you understand that 1. His likely to be "guns down" or "off target" 2. You may have Added targeting loads or 3. He is avoiding hostile LOS and you should be aware.
Conclusion Off-Set Drill: Off-side fire and Near Side dont fire EVER.
When we do run
The only official time an ARU Officer runs is initial entry off the stage area, following a TACAID in for example. This "running" is only to get in and clear the bottleneck (door) as quickly as possible to allow following Officers to gain entry. This Drill will follow later, but essentially once clear of the bottleneck we drop back into walking for strong stable firing positions.
Movement conclusion
Basic Tenant yet again, remember every Officer has the right to defend him/her self with a fire arm. This right means that an Officer who feels justified to use a fire arm WILL, you cannot assume that the fellow Officer 1. knows your position 2. knows your intentions 3. will hold fire
Within the basic tenant you must fulfill your duty to defend, you must provide a stable firing position to defend at all times. You will find on many occasions Officers will reach the same conclusion at the same time and engage a target simultaneously, you must not impeded that decision.
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