Comments by "Solo Renegade" (@SoloRenegade) on "Civ Div"
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@adamatch9624 absolutely. Plan for the worst, hope for the best. Part of the reason I never got hit was that I planned for the worst to the EXTREME compared to everyone else I served with. They just left it all up to chance for the most part, I did not. I gamed warfare to stack the deck in my favor. Turns out, there is a LOT of science behind winning/surviving at war on the individual level that most people will Never figure out nor learn about. There are tons of things you can do at the individual level to increase your odds. Luck is always a factor, but you can reduce the reliance on luck a LOT more than people would have you believe. problem is that few people Ever think about it deeply enough or long enough to figure it out.
I spent YEARS of my life studying warfare to an extreme degree to be as successful as I was. I spent more of my free time studying warfare, than most colleges students spend on their homework in a four year degree (I have multiple degrees in engineering too, so I know how much people do/don't study). Most guys will Never spend a fraction as much time as I did trying to figure it out.
But I didn't want to die, it was worth my time and effort to stay alive. It paid off spectacularly, and I'm still applying what I learned back them more than 20yrs later in my current career as an engineer.
The other guys bugged me and joked about how much time I spent on the war. And then they'd ask me how I was able to do what I was able to do. They'd claim it was just luck, and every time they did that, the very next mission I'd go do it on command and prove to them it wasn't luck. If it were luck, i couldn't repeatedly do it on command. and I'd collect evidence to prove I wasn't lying. They always shut up after that. But they still never figured out how I was doing it. I offered to teach guys, but most let their "tough guy" pride get in the way of allowing themselves to learn. They just did not value their own lives.
I've considered writing a book about everything I learned many times in the past 20yrs. but some of the info is still dangerous for our enemies to know, so I just can't write it, as it could make the battlefield even more dangerous for the average soldier if the enemy understood everything I shared.
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@veikkajoensuu yes, totally valid. We faced enemy mortars artillery, rockets, etc. (indirect fire). but they had little of it and we could often return fire on the launcher/gun before the incoming rounds even impacted around us. Ukraine lacks such overwhelming capabilities and so they get shelled a lot and often.
But regardless, you adapt to your conditions. you develop strategies and tactics to mitigate getting shot at. you figure out counter tactics to avoid the need to face down artillery attack in the first place. This is how you win and survive. It's not something 95% of soldiers will ever figure out how to do though, in my experience. Even the guys I served alongside for years in the US military never figured out how to do what I am describing. They got hit, I did not. And I was putting myself out front on more missions than they went on, so I had far higher chances of getting hit than they did, yet never got hit. My tactics worked. Luck is a factor. but there Are things one can do to mitigate their chances of ever getting hit.
I put ALL of my energy in combat into not getting hit. Any hit could prove fatal. Any hit means the enemy defeated you (you personally) and I was hell bent on winning and not getting hit. Even a small piece of shrapnel could pierce your skull or heart and end your life. ANY hit needs to be avoided. The issue is How does one achieve that? Each situation needs its own specific tactics to mitigate chances of getting hit. To develop tactics for Ukrainians, I'd need to be on the ground and develop the tactics on-the-spot, on-the-fly. Much can be anticipated before getting there, but to truly have the best tactics, you have to adapt them to the specifics of the situation they are dealing with.
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