I'm a less-than-POG, since I don't have veteran status. But I have watched enough Clint Smith to know: if you are not moving and reloading as you are shooting, you are dead. And Mike Glover and every other "Operator" (ugh) who gets on the blower says the same thing. Move in a cooperative way. Establish overlapping fields of fire. Call for cover when you need it, and provide it when it's requested. Keep moving, as static targets get the mortar. Know your plan A, plan B, and plan C, and know your objectives before the shooting starts. Know where the rally point is if it all goes to shit. Know what the radio channels and codes are. Stay off the radio unless you need to be on it. Jack yourself up with meth and modafinil. Ok that last one might be optional. :)

EDIT: To add: Your comment on "POG" had me thinking that there's more there to say. Again, I have never been to war. But I've done some seriously sketchy stuff and I've learned that if you hang your balls out too far, they are gonna get clipped. And we have many quotes from folks like Napoleon, etc. about how an army moves on its stomach, etc. All of which is to say that the non-fighting logistics are, as you rightly point out, super important. You can survive this fire fight, but can you survive this Winter, with me cutting off your supply of Taco Bell? Lots to think about.

I'm a less-than-POG, since I don't have veteran status. But I have watched enough Clint Smith to know: if you are not moving and reloading as you are shooting, you are dead. And Mike Glover and every other "Operator" (ugh) who gets on the blower says the same thing. Move in a cooperative way. Establish overlapping fields of fire. Call for cover when you need it, and provide it when it's requested. Keep moving, as static targets get the mortar. Know your plan A, plan B, and plan C, and know your objectives before the shooting starts. Know where the rally point is if it all goes to shit. Know what the radio channels and codes are. Stay off the radio unless you need to be on it. Jack yourself up with meth and modafinil. Ok that last one might be optional. :)