Hey guys! So, I’ve had some good and fun feedback so far with my story, which I am writing heavily on word now, but some indicates that I’m using language that’s too technical. I agree, and I wanted to post…well, effectively, it’s a glossary of Special Operations terms that some readers may not understand. If I need to add anything, or if this comes across as a jerk thing to do, let me know please and I’ll fix it and/or murder it!
Glossary
Center-fed Room: A room whose entry-point is situated in or closest to the center of the wall. This does not have to mean that both walls abreast to the door have to be of equal length. It usually means that the door opens into, reasonably, the center of the room, at least in terms of general principles.
Corner-fed Room: A room where the entry-point is situated on or closest to the corner of the wall, as opposed to the center of the wall.
Easy Corner: a corner of a room that can be seen from the entrance way. The operator often will not bother to enter if he or she can clear the room, including all corners, from the entry way. See Limited Penetration.
Emergency Reload: an emergency reload, also called a bolt-lock or slide-lock reload, is a reload change conducted when the last round in the magazine is fired, resulting in the bolt or slide locking to the rear. The magazine is dropped and a fresh one is slammed home as quickly as possible, with no retention of the empty magazine. This is treated as an Immediate Action Drill, and, in general, the operator should strive to have it completed three or fewer seconds. While drilled constantly to ensure this, these should be avoided at all costs in combat.
Hard Corner: A corner in a room that is notvisible from the entry way.
Immediate Action Drill: Immediate Action Drills are preplanned, rehearsed and instinctive actions performed in response to sudden developments. Examples include reloads, reactions to contact, weapon malfunction responses and many others. Immediate Action Drills are performed constantly until they become instinctive, intuitive and instantaneous responses to unseen circumstances. They become second nature.
