Rig for Red is a navy submarine term that means they are surfacing to periscope depth. They turn off all the lights in the sub, all they have on are red lights to see in the darkness. The red light will not transmit up the periscope and give their location away when they are looking out the periscope. Looking for enemies.
Thanks! I would think the team has been rigged for red for years, but maybe not. Maybe this time is the time when they are actually surfacing, after running silent for years?
Its an combat-imminent type operation.. all hands on deck and everyone at max attentiveness and hyper focused on their individual tasks and ready to carry out whatever they all need to do individually to succeed at their mission as a whole. So not the sort of thing you can do all the time without burning people out.
If I recall correctly, night combat insertions from transport helis in hostile territory use red lights too in the troop compartment, because its less intrusive on night vision which you may well need immediately upon disembark. In the pre-IR-goggles days anyways, not sure about now.
Rig for Red is a navy submarine term that means they are surfacing to periscope depth. They turn off all the lights in the sub, all they have on are red lights to see in the darkness. The red light will not transmit up the periscope and give their location away when they are looking out the periscope. Looking for enemies.
Thanks! I would think the team has been rigged for red for years, but maybe not. Maybe this time is the time when they are actually surfacing, after running silent for years?
Its an combat-imminent type operation.. all hands on deck and everyone at max attentiveness and hyper focused on their individual tasks and ready to carry out whatever they all need to do individually to succeed at their mission as a whole. So not the sort of thing you can do all the time without burning people out.
If I recall correctly, night combat insertions from transport helis in hostile territory use red lights too in the troop compartment, because its less intrusive on night vision which you may well need immediately upon disembark. In the pre-IR-goggles days anyways, not sure about now.