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-Step 2) Right most person starts peeling and says he is moving. The new right most person keeps an eye on when that guy arrives.
+Step 2) Right most person starts peeling and says he is moving. The new right most person keeps firing but alert so that he can move as soon as soon as the previous man is in position.
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-Step 4) The next right most person starts peeling and says he is moving.  The new right most person keeps an eye on when that guy arrives.
+Step 4) The next right most person starts peeling and says he is moving.  The new right most person keeps firing but alert so that he can move as soon as soon as the previous man is in position.
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-Step 6) The next right most person starts peeling and says he is moving.  The new right most person keeps an eye on when that guy arrives.
+Step 6) The next right most person starts peeling and says he is moving.  The new right most person keeps firing but alert so that he can move as soon as soon as the previous man is in position.
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-Step 8) The next right most person starts peeling and says he is moving.  The new right most person keeps an eye on when that guy arrives.
+Step 8) The next right most person starts peeling and says he is moving.  The new right most person keeps firing but alert so that he can move as soon as soon as the previous man is in position.
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 Step 9) He arrives.
-===== Strategy 101: Winning a firefight =====
 The peeling move should be repeated as long as necessary to reach the intended final position.
+===== Strategy 101: Winning a firefight =====
+In the previous sections we discussed some tactics you can employ to get the best out of various situations. In this section we focus on the overall strategy of winning a firefight as dictated by the platoon leader and somewhat by the squad leaders.
 One thing often overlooked by commanders is the benefit of **mutual support** between elements. Elements that are close together such that they have line of sight on positions where the other element could be engaged from can provide mutual support. Having another element supporting will help to ensure the enemy gets engaged from yet another angle and get more fire on target greatly increasing the chances of the enemy taking causalities and lowers the chances of friendlies taking them. Ideally squads should be position to offer mutual support to other squads.