{"id":84769,"date":"2025-09-25T04:52:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T10:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/?p=84769"},"modified":"2025-09-25T04:54:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T10:54:15","slug":"lessons-learned-from-the-battlefield-live-training-pays-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/25\/lessons-learned-from-the-battlefield-live-training-pays-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons Learned from the Battlefield: \u201cLive\u201d Training Pays Off"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lessons Learned from the Battlefield: \u201cLive\u201d Training Pays Off<\/a><\/h1>\n

Memorizing TTPs won\u2019t save you; fighting under resistance will.<\/h2>\n

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Baghdad Checkpoint<\/h2>\n

The gunner let loose a long burst of machine-gun fire through the windshield of a speeding car. Days earlier, two Rangers had been killed nearby when a \u201cpregnant\u201d woman detonated a suicide vest at a checkpoint. No one was taking chances.<\/h2>\n

The driver kept coming. He rammed the metal guardrail the Rangers had turned into a makeshift defensive position. The sedan hit with tremendous force, flipped over the Soldiers\u2019 heads, and landed upside down behind them in a billow of dust, wheels still spinning.<\/h2>\n

The machine-gun team stayed in place to cover the intersection. Three more Soldiers moved to the overturned car. Seeing muzzles pointed at their faces, the three men inside raised their hands and clumsily poured out the window. Once they were on their feet, the Soldiers began searching them and tying their hands behind their backs.<\/h2>\n

One Soldier had his rifle on an assault sling so he could use both hands. He was counting on his teammate\u2019s cover. As he started to search the third man, the suspect got unruly and tried to get his hands on the slung rifle.<\/h2>\n

Not wanting to shoot what he thought was an unarmed man, the Soldier\u00a0drove hard<\/strong>\u00a0into him, pinning him against the wreck. The suspect still fought for the weapon. The Soldier\u00a0clamped the wrist, fed his own hand over, and locked the figure-four<\/strong>\u2014a reverse bent arm bar, or kimura, exactly as he\u2019d done a thousand times on the mat.<\/h2>\n

\u201cThe added weight of my body armor and equipment only made it that much easier to break his arm,\u201d the Soldier said later.<\/h2>\n

Once the enemy was subdued, a pistol was found hidden in his clothing, and three AK-47s were in the car.<\/h2>\n

Lessons Learned<\/h2>\n