Thread: Mission statement

Having a discussion with a mate here and wanted to confirm what is the mission statement of the infantry?

MSR

I wanna get in early...



ask your psi

Originally Posted by g1ngar

I wanna get in early...



ask you psi

He's a Gunner ;)

Infantry; do stuff.

Originally Posted by Dragstrip

Infantry; do stuff.

This isn't a dig about dragging knuckles or jumping puddles, honest

Thuggery buggery rape and the removal of Her Majesty's stores without prior consent or approval.

Joking apart, in my day it was something like "to close with the enemy and destroy him, by day or by night, in any weather and in any terrain." The Americans have probably re-written that for us.

Can anyone remember the 9 Principles of War? (we all remember the Master/First Principle of course, erm, don't we?).

Close with the naafi as early as possible, deny access to steak and kidney pies and mars bars to any other unit , destroy all opposition in local bars and brothels , above all deny. :D

"Destroy, deny, dominate etc etc in order to support, prevent, capture, etc etc etc"

MSR mate -- you are thinking FAR too much! :P

The Infantry mission is to defeat the enemy through close combat.

Originally Posted by Pam3 Infantry Platoon Tactics

The Infantry Mission is —
‘to close with and engage the enemy in all operational
theatres and environments, in order to bring about his
defeat’.

To boldly go where no man has gone before...or am I thinking of something else??

I always understood it to be: To close with the enemy and kill him.

Litotes

Easy - To do Baaad things, to Baaad people

Never Volunteer
Don't get caught
Don't admit to anything..

Originally Posted by Black_Badge

The Infantry mission is to defeat the enemy through close combat.

Yep, front of Pam 3