[rey]

These officers sadly do not understand sectors of fire or lines of fire and frequently cross one another’s lines of fire. Of course to be able to do any of that they have to endlessly practice this stuff. At first I thought the officer on the passenger’s side had been shot by the officer on the driver’s side.

Any infantry unit I had ever been in would have had at least one Marine cover the idiot that walks into a gunfight. That way, everyone may concentrate on what is in front. That idiot distracted the officer and may have gotten him shot. If a Marine was unable to cover that idiot that walked in, we all would have backed out and reapproached orderly.

I couldn’t imagine being an occupant of the truck.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Everybody has a plan until the shooting starts. Things break down pretty fast. Odd are, this is the first firefight the officers have ever been in. I can’t blame them for not doing everything by the book in their first actual combat.

[Enterprise]

Thank you for your input. I cringe when I see the officers putting themselves in friendly fire situations. Plus, they are exposed, without cover, trying to give orders. The perps have time to assess where the officers are, and make a plan of attack. The officers have to stick to basic safety and give their orders from cover.