Admiral Charles Richard
“Man Battle Stations! Dong Dong
Dong Dong! Man Battle Stations!”
Everyone who has served on board a ship, submarine, or squadron can remember being jolted out of the rack by that announcement, knowing almost instinctively what to do. For most, that knowledge never leaves. More than 20 years later, I am still pretty confident I could execute the Battle-stations Firing Point Litany in Control on board a submarine, at least as it was at the time, from any watch station in the room. I don’t think I’m unusual.
Why is that? Sets and reps. Seemingly endless sets and reps, under as many conditions as possible. While the sets and reps took many forms—exercises, table-tops, wargames, certifications, drills, etc.—the best had one thing in common: simulated combat against a thinking opponent in which you and your team had to make decisions under uncertain conditions with consequences for those decisions. You could lose. You could die (simulated, of course).
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