In this Armour I follow a very simple principle:
“Logistics dictate Strategies,
Strategies dictate Tactics
and Tactics dictate Attributes” which at the bottom of this principle, Attributes, it connects it to the previous Armour I talked about.
In Israel we say “you can’t fight the ocean, but you can fight the fish” , it is related to crowd and riots, in other words no operator can fight the entire riot, he has to pick and choose who he fights in the crowd per objective of the overall mission at hand.
Personally to me Combat Strategy has always been related to the game of Chess. The piece in the game to move first is never the King or Queen….its a simple pound, however, that first movement has a specific objective: to occupy the center of the board. Every move there after will become a sequence of events!
Strategy in Combat is also related to understanding “Odds” or what Randy Coutoure relates as “The Risk VS Reward” concept. When I took his Xtreme Coutours Camp in Las Vegas a couple years ago , when he said “Risk vs Reward” on shooting for a takedown, I smilled. Made me think of how I think in numbers about odds and possibilities of approaching each attack- it was the same principle in different words and different combat arenas- but still the same principle!
For “Odds”, which is related to luck, I play Backgamon. Or Shesh Besh as us Israeli call it. It is my favorite game since in Israel it is literally the National board game of choice by the Israeli people. Shesh Besh forces you to calculate the odds on the board and makes you manage the risks you take. It is a game of luck as much as it is a game of wit.
