Re: Infanty TO&E was[DS and SG] Regt's of the Crown

Los wrote:

all > your assessments on things, engineer. I do think though tat the
same ENg platoon
> shoudlalways be farmed out to eth same bn in order to establish a good
working
> relationship.

Definitely.  Like Armored batallions and WWII Infantry division, the
attachment should be semi-permenant where possible.  But the chain of
command/OERs should flow up a branch-specific formation.  

> temnan (Ground Surveillance radars) Bn s-2s had very funky ideas about
what to do with
> sensors (Gee go bug the enemy bn's TOC) so we found ourselves in the
occassional pissing > contest (WHy it's important to have a stable
working relationship w/ the host bn.)

Yeah--ideally, every time the Infantry take to the field, they take
their slices of divisional assets so that they get used to doing things
right, with all the appropriate specialists so they don't get into any
bad habits.  This also allows the Engineer (and other specialists) to
get used to working with that particular set of maneuver commanders, so
they learn what to expect from each other same as any staff officer
(which the poor Engineer O-1 effectively is over and above having the
responsibility of leading the platoon in the field, and a very junior
staff officer at that)	This is sometimes difficult to coordinate.

John M. Atkinson