Well, I’m ready when they are.
Good. Excellent! And you have your your partner, the one who's going to cover you and stand watch while you eat and sleep, you have that person equally up to speed in terms of training and at least as well equipped and supplied?
And now that you two are on roughly the same page, you two develop or identify two others with roughly the same qualifications, skillsets, points of view- and dedication.
Now you can really cover a perimeter... or can guard a critical asset or individual. You can do damage well out of proportion to your numbers. If you think it worthwhile, you can double your number again. or not. Or add in one or two critically needed specialists: a medic, or a signals communicator, oper a demolition engineer.
Anyway, glad you're ready. My pals and I aren't quite, but we're closer than we were.