Covert Camping
Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2021 3:12 am
While quick ‘in and out’ Ops can be fun, extended Ops offer new challenges and lessons that can’t necessarily be experienced through short excursions. You’ve spent hours locating a site, searching and learning all you can about it on the internet, through social engineering inquiries, and exhaustive recon before your op. After careful planning and preparation you experience the thrill of finally being inside your target location. After all your hard work the thought of walking around for a little while, snapping a few photos, and just heading home can (sometimes) feel bittersweet or anticlimactic. You’re in an exciting and unexplored new location, why not stay awhile?
Covert Camping (or Stealth Camping as it is perhaps more widely known) allows us opportunities to practice things like finding, building, and/or utilizing stealth shelters; and since you’re planning on an extended stay you might find it worthwhile to hone your skills in securing your perimeter, setting up early warning and/or threat detection devices, and much much more!
An overnighter or even just a long rest period before exfil is a great time to practice stealthy meal preparation. Learn how to cook safely and efficiently while also remaining as low profile as possible.
An added benefit of extended Ops in which you will be camping, simply cooking, or similar is that these types of Ops require more than your standard kit. This provides an opportunity to test new gear (as well as techniques, ideas, etc), to condition yourself through carrying greater loads, even learning and practicing the most optimal ways to pack your gear to reduce noise, be most effective for in field accessibility, etcetera, can all be great and worthwhile additions to the Night Ops lifestyle.
Share your own thoughts, ideas, and experiences with extended adventures!
Covert Camping (or Stealth Camping as it is perhaps more widely known) allows us opportunities to practice things like finding, building, and/or utilizing stealth shelters; and since you’re planning on an extended stay you might find it worthwhile to hone your skills in securing your perimeter, setting up early warning and/or threat detection devices, and much much more!
An overnighter or even just a long rest period before exfil is a great time to practice stealthy meal preparation. Learn how to cook safely and efficiently while also remaining as low profile as possible.
An added benefit of extended Ops in which you will be camping, simply cooking, or similar is that these types of Ops require more than your standard kit. This provides an opportunity to test new gear (as well as techniques, ideas, etc), to condition yourself through carrying greater loads, even learning and practicing the most optimal ways to pack your gear to reduce noise, be most effective for in field accessibility, etcetera, can all be great and worthwhile additions to the Night Ops lifestyle.
Share your own thoughts, ideas, and experiences with extended adventures!