The Mission Profile

Sorry guys, no TDG this week. They take several hours for me to prepare, and I’m preparing for the Team Leader Class this weekend on top of a bunch of other stuff I gotta handle right now. Instead, I want to approach a related topic that pertains to your own mental preparedness, the mission profile.
Your mission profile is, simply put, a list of mission/operation types that you anticipate having to conduct in the future. This will vary greatly from group to group, as we all have our own unique set of scenarios that we forsee ourselves in, and we prepare accordingly. For example, a neighborhood protection team organized to defend against rioters/looters will have a vastly different mission profile than a militia in a rural area preparing to fight an occupying army.
However, mission profiles that exist merely in our heads are useless because not everybody in your group will be on the same page. Sure, your neighborhood protection team all understand that your goal is to protect your homes and families, but everyone has different ideas about what exactly that entails. Setting up checkpoints? Internal patrols at night? What about security patrolling outside your perimeter?
The point I’m trying to make is that everyone in your team needs to be on the same page with what exactly you are preparing to do. The only way to do this is to sit down with every member of your team and a whiteboard, and discuss exactly how you plan to accomplish your mission in the future. There will be disagreement, even debate as you discover that not everybody is on board with the idea of patrolling 10 miles and staying in the field for a week at a time like you envisioned. Be respectful, be polite, and have good reasons for what you propose. Listen to your people, they probably have legitimate concerns that you hadn’t thought of. Once all is said and done, you will all walk away with a common vision and clear goals for your training and preparedness.
Once you have this talk and everyone is on the same page, you can begin to craft a training schedule that supports your mission profile. You plan to establish observation posts watching a nearby intersection? Spend a Saturday in your “OP” documenting the traffic that passes by. You want to use vehicles for covert team insertion/extraction? Practice doing that, coordinating with your driver over radios. Make your own TDGs for your mission profile, and wargame both sides.
We can only accomplish so much on our own, gentlemen. Make sure you have clear and common objectives so you can train your people effectively for what’s headed our way.
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  1. VAdeputy May 4, 2021 at 06:49

    Shame on you, Mike for actually training Patriots for what’s coming instead of creating more online content ! Damn you, sir. Tuesday is the highlight of the work week because of TDG. Now several of us will be lost and adrift….

  2. Luke May 4, 2021 at 06:53

    Since I lacked any formal military training I have stayed back and learned during your TGD sessions Mike. Ain’t going to lie some of this shit can be overwhelming. No I am not understating the importance of preparedness. These different scenarios I don’t know what the hell I would do about 99% of the time.
    Couple things I have learned last couple weeks. Water, water, water, I knew that already to a degree but I sure didn’t know how badly I needed it. I have family not too far away and if it got to FUBAR I would go there. They are all on Wells and working now to put in a hand pump. My neighbors are great, love them to death but I don’t see our water situation lasting much longer than 2 or 3 weeks. Most of us have pools and our community surrounds a small pond.
    As far as community is concerned I am where you would want to be as far as suburbia is concerned. There was a couple JB flags but I got them marked haha (joking). My biggest concern if I stay in a TOTAL SHTF FUBAR situation Is my family. Even tho we are not far apart driving distance I doubt comms will last long. Again my neighbors are great but most of them would be hungry within 3 to 4 days. And that scares the shit out of me too. Again assuming total SHTF best bet is to wait out the initial first 6 months or so. Then get ready to encounter the PLA and/or Russians/ or other occupying forces. Doubt too much blantifa will be around after 6 months of Thunderdome.
    Again it just depends on how severe it hits and how widespread it goes. I don’t think anyone has a good answer for how that may play out. It’s certainly not hard for me to imagine how fast it could devolve though. Love the scenarios and look forward to reading them. I try and soak up what I can.

    • James May 4, 2021 at 18:17

      Luke,trust me,you are far from alone in gaming/working on what ifs/getting over whelmed at times ect.The good thing is we realize that things can go very wrong and are working on how to deal with it/making plans/preps/working with others/coming up with reasonable ideas ect.
      I will say neighbors who you believe would be out of food in less then a week a real concern.I have always thought initially my greatest problem would not be antifi/black helicopters but parents who were not prepared with food stocks ect. for their kids.
      Just keep working on plan/ preps/skills ect. as best you can,the smalls add up!

  3. JD May 4, 2021 at 17:24

    The key here is METL (Mission Essential Task List). This lays out what you are trying to do (you can have multiple “Missions”) and the subordinate tasks required to perform the primary task.
    For example (not in any particular order);
    METL: Conduct a security patrol
    1) Conduct land navigation (note: learn map and compass, then figure out GPS)
    2) Cross a linear danger area
    3) Send a SALUTE Report/Make Comms
    4) Enter and setup a RON (Remain Over Night) patrol base/hide site
    5) React to ambush
    6) React to contact
    7) Conduct deliberate attack
    8) Conduct reconnaissance
    9) Conduct passage of lines
    10) Conduct break contact
    11) Conduct movement under direct fire
    12) Treat and evacuate a casualty
    METL should drive training and posture. If it is not on paper it does not exist. Establish a SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) for your group and have everyone drill to the standard.

  4. SeldomSeen May 5, 2021 at 09:20

    IME organizing neighbors to the goal of common defense is definitely a progressive affair. I didn’t get to pick them and mine are independent as hell with different expectations of rural life.
    It’s fun to think your going to go all Squad Leader on them and I’d like hear how that has worked out :- )
    In reality though it starts with ‘being a neighbor to have neighbors’ and once there’s trust built in normal interactions, moving on from there. With the rural crime we enjoy and 7 miles of two track charitably called a dirt road there was built in motivation.
    Those common goals provided the basis of off grid comm, which required organization and cooperation. Establishing a net and the related training was a great icebreaker and laid the groundwork for tactical organization. Building custom maps and marking them up was another, then the related learning to use those maps.
    Going all AIT and whiteboard out of the chute was not going to work for me. Not that those skills aren’t necessary, but real off grid homestead life is a busy off your ass affair and time is valued.
    I’m very enthusiastic about these discussions. IMO organizing the hood should probably be goal #1 once an individual is squared away.

    • Mike May 5, 2021 at 16:51

      Naturally, a LOT of organizing has to happen before you can approach this level of planning. This article was written with those in mind who already have an organized team with a common goal and agreed upon leadership. You might not be there yet, but some are.

      • SeldomSeen May 5, 2021 at 23:50

        My comments were directed towards those that commented about getting started and offered up our actual experiences. It was 7 years ago we first organized and the hardest part was simply gaining trust and legitimacy though meaningful action. The second was overcoming past friction between families. The task, procedures and strategy fell into place fairly easy after that.
        Our area is 25 miles from town with ‘checker board’ land status, State Trust, BLM and private sections. It was ripe for some tactful cooperation.
        I often wonder how more urban folks come to terms with their neighbors and organize. Are they going to deny access though the area, what about folks that don’t join up? All kinds of questions and challenges come to mind.
        It’s easy to buy shit, the human element is truly fascinating and yet may be the most important.

        • Berglander May 7, 2021 at 13:46

          Developing those relationships I is, by far, the most important piece. It’s also the most difficult AND the most rewarding.

      • Dana Henry May 6, 2021 at 15:27

        Today’s post and comments have helped put things in perspective.
        I woke up this morning stressed and full of doubt. I’m getting my place ready for sale. Am I making right decisions? I have
        a lot of acreage surrounded by wilderness, a nice house, unlimited water, and game in a Red region of a blue state. We built
        and maintain our own roads. They’re impassible for MWRAPs and the like. There is some security here.
        I no longer have anyone depending on me. My mom went to be with the Lord in January and for the years I took care of her
        she kept me on the reservation. Outlooks and perspectives have changed now.
        I have good neighbors. We’re all ex military or law enforcement; however, at 73 I am the only male who is close to fit
        (even that’s a laugh) or with experience in hostile situations willing to train and defend our area. The other guys are
        great but they are mostly retired cubicle dwellers with enormous pensions and toys. They have a different mindset. I worked
        in marine environments regularly cold, wet and tired. I’m getting my ground training here. I doubt I can get them seriously
        motivated to organize. They’re hoping for the best. Hope is their plan.
        I’m still nervous and have doubts but I have to keep the vision of relocating to an area with like minded people willing to
        sacrifice sleep and comfort and be cold, wet, hungry, scared, and inconvenienced for the sake of protecting their home and
        country.
        I don’t know where I’m going, or the kind of place or neighbors I’ll end up with but this post and others plus comments has
        helped to keep my compass pointing in the right direction. One thing I know. If I found like minded guys on the next
        mountain to train with I still do not have the thread of compliance in my dna to remain in a blue state. I am incapable of
        obeing laws that go against the Consitution. I’m still nervous about what I’m giving up but I have to suck it up and leave.

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