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Oliver North

I think as a rifle platoon and company commander your view is about 1,000 meters in front of you and you hope you can cover that ground and not have to back up and give it up again.

Oliver North

Hope

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Oliver North is describing how a commander focuses on the immediate area ahead, roughly 1,000 meters, as the critical zone to control during an operation. The goal is to advance through that space steadily without retreating and losing the progress already made.

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