Map briefing

Ia Drang

Mountain spurs punching into dense woodland—ideal helicopter landing zones bordered by ridges that reward ambushes. Layer those traits into scouting routes: keep Supports near machine gunners clearing treelines inside role cards, coordinate Commander windows from command playbook, practise smoke cadence borrowed from mortar briefings (here).

Use helicopter doctrine when ridges demand vertical lifts, flip to tunnel briefing when underground networks flank objectives, skim river dossier before gambling hull runs across tributaries. Returning to roster selection? Pivot through faction primers linking United States formations and NVA/VC cells.