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If the door to the connected room is open, and a threat is identified in the room, it may be engaged from the cleared room. The team stacks in preparation for entry into the next room. When the team leader declares the first room clear, the team will automatically stack on the entrance to the next room. If the team is spread out in the room, crossing the doorway would not only place a team member in the fatal funnel unnecessarily, it could also mask the cover fire of other team members. Therefore it might be necessary to stack up on both sides of the door.

Closed door:

Standard room clearing SOP.

CLEAR A FLOOR

When clearing a single floor complex, the principles discussed in room clearing and connecting room clearing are used. The only added features are the hallways and an additional teams and faseline.

CLEAR A STAIRWAY

When multilevel structures are encountered, stairs become an added obstacle that will require manoeuvring. One of the most dangerous situations that a team is likely to encounter is a stairway with a turn between floors. Besides a blind spot at the turn, these stairways often have a loft that overlooks the bottom portion of the stairway. If the team is ascending, the operator ❶ (as always) provides security to his direct front. Operator ❷ secures the top row of stairs. Operator 3 secures the loft area. If a loft area does not exist, Operator ❸ secures the top of the second row of stairs. If the team is descending, each operator has the same area of responsibility, except that the bottom of the stairway is secured, as opposed to the top.

Stairs with split level landings that have a space allowing a view through to the top from below should be cleared as follows:

Operator ❶ stands on the first level looking up covering the space between the stairs as operator ❷ takes point and clears ahead of the train to the next landing, where he stops and takes an upward cover position. The train moves up the stairs past operator ❶ who falls in at the rear. He is now the last man. He will take the position walking backwards covering the rear. Once the train reaches operators ❷ 's position, the operator in front of the train takes over the point and moves to the next landing while operator ❷ now covers the space above the moving train. During movement, the train always moves close to the wall, under the staircase, out of sight and enemy fire. The operators covering the movement must stand in view so that they can see through the spaces to the top and bottom of the stairs.

Internal stairs with no gap between them are normally cleared using a one man clearance. An operator will clear ahead of the train.

External stairs are primarily are located on a main superstructure. The best method for clearing stairs is with a four man clearance team. The standard operating procedure is as follows: Left, right, forward, and back. Operator ❶ always clears left, operator ❷ always clears right. Operator ❸ in the stack clears forward. Operator ❹ clears back. This way 360 degrees of security is maintained.

COMMUNICATION

When entering a room, communication is required between the team members in order to clear it quickly and move to the next objective. When either scanning the room or providing security for possible threats, the team members cannot shift their attention around the room to assess the current situation. To solve this problem, the team leader calls for a status after he determines that no immediate threat exists. This status or situation report consists of each clearing operator's current condition and any possible threat in his sector. Operator ❶ states his situation to the rest of the team, then operator ❷ follows with his report and so on. The team leader absorbs all this information and then gives directions based on the information. The conversation should be at a level that each team member may hear, but no louder. If operator ❶ fails to sound off, operator ❷ states his status. If operator ❶ is down, the team will know it. If operator ❶ fails to sound off due to a mental lapse, he may give a SITREP once the other team members have given theirs.

Read more of this in SIGNALS found on the menu on the top of this page.

SECURE UNKNOWNS

The clearing team secures and identifies all personnel found in a room or building that is being cleared. Until identified, they approach non-combatants in the same manner as combatants.

Read more of this in HAND 2 HAND found on the menu on the top of this page

GENERAL RULES

No matter what the room configuration, there are a few rules that should always be followed. These rules include the following:

● It does not matter if the person in front of you goes the wrong way when entering the room. Just go the opposite way of the operator in front of you and it will work out.

● Enter the room as quickly and smoothly as possible and do not waste movements. Remember smooth is fast. The faster each team member picks up their initial point of aim, the more difficult it becomes for the defender. Even a prepared defender can be caught off guard.

● Clear, do not stop, the fatal funnel. Operator ❸ & ❹ are especially prone to stopping in the funnel.

● Ensure that the doorway is completely cleared before assuming a final position in the room.

●Stay focused. Never stop scanning your sector for targets unless:

a) You identify a threat in your sector. This threat could be an open door leading to an uncleared room, a person in the room other than one of the team members, an obstacle that cannot be cleared visually from your position, or anything else that you may determine as a threat. If such a threat exists, provide security for the team by covering it with your weapon.

b) You are ordered by the team leader to perform another task.

● Ensure that if you fall down while entering the room, you stay down and do not move. Do not get up until a team member places his hands on you and lifts you up. If a team member arbitrarily gets up, he may become an impairment to the rest of the team's movements. Another possibility is that you would rise into the path of a team member's bullet.

● Rehearse communication. As stated above, speed and momentum will make or break this type of action. Poor communication techniques will slow your building clearing to a crawl.

● Ensure that each team member knows the procedures for each position. After the first room is cleared in a multi room objective, a team member may find that he is in a different position in the stack than when the assault started.

●The team leader should always attempt to avoid being operator ❶ when entering a room. This can normally be accomplished, but in some situations it will be unavoidable.

● Ensure that you never enter a room alone. Two operators are the minimum, for a room-clearing team. If two operators are entering a room (either due to the size of the room or attrition), they should assume the operator ❶ and operator ❷ positions.

● Ensure that you never flag a fellow team member. Flagging is defined as pointing your weapon at or sweeping your weapon across another team member. Muzzle awareness, at all times, is imperative.

Short Reminder:

● Move tactically and silently while securing the corridors to the room to be cleared. Carry only the minimum amount of equipment.

●Arrive undetected at the entry to the room in the correct order of entrance and be prepared to enter on a single command.

● Enter quickly and dominate the room. Move immediately to positions that allow complete control of the room and provide unobstructed fields of fire.

● Eliminate the enemy in the room by fast, accurate fire.

● Gain and maintain immediate control of the situation and all personnel in the room.

● Confirm whether enemy casualties are wounded or dead. Disarm and segregate the wounded. Search all enemy casualties. Handcuff everyone.

● Perform a cursory search of the room. Determine if a detailed search is required.

● Evacuate all wounded and any friendly dead.

● Mark the room as cleared using a simple, clearly identifiable marking according to the unit SOP.

● Maintain security and be prepared to react to more enemy contact at any moment. Do not neglect rear security.<\|endoftext\|>December 10 - "You have to see it with your own eyes to believe it." So I was told by more than one person during the GuangZhou audio show about the hi-fi systemâno, make that systemsâof a Mr. Ji Hui Li.

Everyone who mentioned Mr. Li invariably referred to him as "the world's Number One audiophile."

The show was winding down and we were leaving the next afternoon for Zhu Hai to visit the Original CD-player factory. The town in which Mr. Li lived was a few hours out of the wayâwould we like to visit? How could I pass up the opportunity to visit "the world's Number One audiophile?"

We arrived at a completely nondescript building in middle of the city of Yang Jiang. The outside of the building gave no hint of what lay inside. Mr. Li, an extremely jovial and friendly man, greeted us himself with great enthusiasm. He led us to the elevator of his seven-story "house" and the tour started on the second floor. The elevator doors opened and the first thing I saw were two massive AC power stabilizersâall to power his hi-fi gear.

And these were the stabilizers for just the second floor; each floor had an identical pair.

Entering the house itself, I was confronted by a veritable museum of classic hi-fi gear, much of it displayed behind glass, but some of it connected and working. Marantz Model 8s and Model 9s? Check. Altec Voice of the Theater? Check. Original Spendor LS3/5s? Check. The world's first CD player? Check. The list was seemingly endlessâthere must have been a hundred pairs of vintage speakers and scores of electronics on display.

We walked into an adjacent room, a large, acoustically treated space with four Wilson WATT/Puppy loudspeakers and a Wilson WATCH center channel in a 5.1-channel configuration. Two massive Sony CRT projectors hung from the ceiling and a projection screen dominated the wall behind the speakers.

This was the one of the multichannel music rooms that could also serve as a home theater. The electronics were an EMM Labs DAC6e six-channel DSD decoder, EMM Labs transport, and EMM Switchman six-channel preamplifier.

If the door to the connected room is open, and a threat is identified in the room, it may be engaged from the cleared room. The team stacks in preparation for entry into the next room. When the team leader declares the first room clear, the team will automatically stack on the entrance to the next room. If the team is spread out in the room, crossing the doorway would not only place a team member in the fatal funnel unnecessarily, it could also mask the cover fire of other team members. Therefore it might be necessary to stack up on both sides of the door.

Closed door:

Standard room clearing SOP.

CLEAR A FLOOR

When clearing a single floor complex, the principles discussed in room clearing and connecting room clearing are used. The only added features are the hallways and an additional teams and faseline.

CLEAR A STAIRWAY

When multilevel structures are encountered, stairs become an added obstacle that will require manoeuvring. One of the most dangerous situations that a team is likely to encounter is a stairway with a turn between floors. Besides a blind spot at the turn, these stairways often have a loft that overlooks the bottom portion of the stairway. If the team is ascending, the operator ❶ (as always) provides security to his direct front. Operator ❷ secures the top row of stairs. Operator 3 secures the loft area. If a loft area does not exist, Operator ❸ secures the top of the second row of stairs. If the team is descending, each operator has the same area of responsibility, except that the bottom of the stairway is secured, as opposed to the top.

Stairs with split level landings that have a space allowing a view through to the top from below should be cleared as follows:

Operator ❶ stands on the first level looking up covering the space between the stairs as operator ❷ takes point and clears ahead of the train to the next landing, where he stops and takes an upward cover position. The train moves up the stairs past operator ❶ who falls in at the rear. He is now the last man. He will take the position walking backwards covering the rear. Once the train reaches operators ❷ 's position, the operator in front of the train takes over the point and moves to the next landing while operator ❷ now covers the space above the moving train. During movement, the train always moves close to the wall, under the staircase, out of sight and enemy fire. The operators covering the movement must stand in view so that they can see through the spaces to the top and bottom of the stairs.

Internal stairs with no gap between them are normally cleared using a one man clearance. An operator will clear ahead of the train.

External stairs are primarily are located on a main superstructure. The best method for clearing stairs is with a four man clearance team. The standard operating procedure is as follows: Left, right, forward, and back. Operator ❶ always clears left, operator ❷ always clears right. Operator ❸ in the stack clears forward. Operator ❹ clears back. This way 360 degrees of security is maintained.

COMMUNICATION

When entering a room, communication is required between the team members in order to clear it quickly and move to the next objective. When either scanning the room or providing security for possible threats, the team members cannot shift their attention around the room to assess the current situation. To solve this problem, the team leader calls for a status after he determines that no immediate threat exists. This status or situation report consists of each clearing operator's current condition and any possible threat in his sector. Operator ❶ states his situation to the rest of the team, then operator ❷ follows with his report and so on. The team leader absorbs all this information and then gives directions based on the information. The conversation should be at a level that each team member may hear, but no louder. If operator ❶ fails to sound off, operator ❷ states his status. If operator ❶ is down, the team will know it. If operator ❶ fails to sound off due to a mental lapse, he may give a SITREP once the other team members have given theirs.

Read more of this in SIGNALS found on the menu on the top of this page.

SECURE UNKNOWNS

The clearing team secures and identifies all personnel found in a room or building that is being cleared. Until identified, they approach non-combatants in the same manner as combatants.

Read more of this in HAND 2 HAND found on the menu on the top of this page

GENERAL RULES

No matter what the room configuration, there are a few rules that should always be followed. These rules include the following:

● It does not matter if the person in front of you goes the wrong way when entering the room. Just go the opposite way of the operator in front of you and it will work out.

● Enter the room as quickly and smoothly as possible and do not waste movements. Remember smooth is fast. The faster each team member picks up their initial point of aim, the more difficult it becomes for the defender. Even a prepared defender can be caught off guard.

● Clear, do not stop, the fatal funnel. Operator ❸ & ❹ are especially prone to stopping in the funnel.

● Ensure that the doorway is completely cleared before assuming a final position in the room.

●Stay focused. Never stop scanning your sector for targets unless:

a) You identify a threat in your sector. This threat could be an open door leading to an uncleared room, a person in the room other than one of the team members, an obstacle that cannot be cleared visually from your position, or anything else that you may determine as a threat. If such a threat exists, provide security for the team by covering it with your weapon.

b) You are ordered by the team leader to perform another task.

● Ensure that if you fall down while entering the room, you stay down and do not move. Do not get up until a team member places his hands on you and lifts you up. If a team member arbitrarily gets up, he may become an impairment to the rest of the team's movements. Another possibility is that you would rise into the path of a team member's bullet.

● Rehearse communication. As stated above, speed and momentum will make or break this type of action. Poor communication techniques will slow your building clearing to a crawl.

● Ensure that each team member knows the procedures for each position. After the first room is cleared in a multi room objective, a team member may find that he is in a different position in the stack than when the assault started.

●The team leader should always attempt to avoid being operator ❶ when entering a room. This can normally be accomplished, but in some situations it will be unavoidable.

● Ensure that you never enter a room alone. Two operators are the minimum, for a room-clearing team. If two operators are entering a room (either due to the size of the room or attrition), they should assume the operator ❶ and operator ❷ positions.

● Ensure that you never flag a fellow team member. Flagging is defined as pointing your weapon at or sweeping your weapon across another team member. Muzzle awareness, at all times, is imperative.

Short Reminder:

● Move tactically and silently while securing the corridors to the room to be cleared. Carry only the minimum amount of equipment.

●Arrive undetected at the entry to the room in the correct order of entrance and be prepared to enter on a single command.

● Enter quickly and dominate the room. Move immediately to positions that allow complete control of the room and provide unobstructed fields of fire.

● Eliminate the enemy in the room by fast, accurate fire.

● Gain and maintain immediate control of the situation and all personnel in the room.

● Confirm whether enemy casualties are wounded or dead. Disarm and segregate the wounded. Search all enemy casualties. Handcuff everyone.

● Perform a cursory search of the room. Determine if a detailed search is required.

● Evacuate all wounded and any friendly dead.

● Mark the room as cleared using a simple, clearly identifiable marking according to the unit SOP.

● Maintain security and be prepared to react to more enemy contact at any moment. Do not neglect rear security.<|endoftext|>December 10 - "You have to see it with your own eyes to believe it." So I was told by more than one person during the GuangZhou audio show about the hi-fi systemâno, make that systemsâof a Mr. Ji Hui Li.

Everyone who mentioned Mr. Li invariably referred to him as "the world's Number One audiophile."

The show was winding down and we were leaving the next afternoon for Zhu Hai to visit the Original CD-player factory. The town in which Mr. Li lived was a few hours out of the wayâwould we like to visit? How could I pass up the opportunity to visit "the world's Number One audiophile?"

We arrived at a completely nondescript building in middle of the city of Yang Jiang. The outside of the building gave no hint of what lay inside. Mr. Li, an extremely jovial and friendly man, greeted us himself with great enthusiasm. He led us to the elevator of his seven-story "house" and the tour started on the second floor. The elevator doors opened and the first thing I saw were two massive AC power stabilizersâall to power his hi-fi gear.

And these were the stabilizers for just the second floor; each floor had an identical pair.

Entering the house itself, I was confronted by a veritable museum of classic hi-fi gear, much of it displayed behind glass, but some of it connected and working. Marantz Model 8s and Model 9s? Check. Altec Voice of the Theater? Check. Original Spendor LS3/5s? Check. The world's first CD player? Check. The list was seemingly endlessâthere must have been a hundred pairs of vintage speakers and scores of electronics on display.

We walked into an adjacent room, a large, acoustically treated space with four Wilson WATT/Puppy loudspeakers and a Wilson WATCH center channel in a 5.1-channel configuration. Two massive Sony CRT projectors hung from the ceiling and a projection screen dominated the wall behind the speakers.

This was the one of the multichannel music rooms that could also serve as a home theater. The electronics were an EMM Labs DAC6e six-channel DSD decoder, EMM Labs transport, and EMM Switchman six-channel preamplifier.