Dallas,

As an OC/T I can tell you the biggest issue I witness with LOG units is how we effectively secure ourselves. It warms my heart to see you training this important Collective Task. Task and Evaluation Outline (TEO) 63-CO-0727, Conduct Unit Defense, is what we use to evaluate units at all CTC rotations. If you go through the TEO, it will let you know every task that you must complete. If you create your training to ensure that every task is completed, you will by light years ahead of your peers.

People often mistake this task as a BN or BDE task and that “higher” will provide the answers. That answer is wrong. Unit Defense is on the UNIT to accomplish. It can mean you tie your defenses into a larger footprint (i.e. a BN or BDE), but it is every commanders responsibility to secure their own unit and equipment.

Follow the tasks outlined in the TEO and you will be successful.

Hope this helps.

Joe